Community - A social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
This page will be dedicated to providing you with information related to the many different communities in our area. You will find links to various local web sites, community organizations, and more.
If you would like information (links) added to this page, please feel free to email me at:
Jon@JonWHome.com
This page will be a continuous work in process. It's not perfect and it certainly isn't all inclusive.
Modifications to this page will be made as different viewers request that additional information be included.
Education:
1. The act or process of educating or being educated.
2. The knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process.
3. A program of instruction of a specified kind or level: driver education; a college education.
4. The field of study that is concerned with the pedagogy of teaching and learning.
Education is an important community resource. Our education systems today have progressed way beyond the concepts of the “one room schoolhouse” and are more engaged in nurturing the personal, psychological, and physical development of children and young adults. Our learning systems continue to have a focus on reading, writing, and arithmetic as the foundation of learning. However, in today’s fast-paced, highly technological world, it is important for today’s learner to acquire strong thinking skills, the ability to apply knowledge to new situations, and engage in life-long learning.
As part of your search for a new home, it may be of importance to you to research the schools in your neighborhood of interest. The links on this page will help you do that.
You will find links on this page for a large number of schools. If the school you are interested in is not included in the list you can use the “Search Ohio Schools” link to locate more schools in Ohio.
You will also find a link to the Ohio Department of Education web site as well as a link to Ohio School Report Cards.
Akron is No 1 in Affordable College Housing Markets
The five most affordable college markets for home prices fitting that criteria range from $135,780 to $155,000 are:
The University of Akron (Ohio),
Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.),
Texas Christian University (Fort Worth),
The University of Tulsa (Okl.) and
University of Toledo (Ohio).
The five most-expensive college markets: (average prices from $1.1 million to 1.7 milion)
Stanford University (Calif.);
Boston College;
The University of California,
Berkeley; University of California, Los Angeles; and
The University of Southern California (Los Angeles
It is not uncommon for some parents to have an interest in purchasing a home that can be used by their children who attend college at a distance from their home base as investment property and, according to this article, parents can get the best buy in the Akron area.
The cost of housing at most universities is expensive and that cost will be there for anywhere from four to five years; maybe more depending on the age of your children.
Is it a good investment to buy a home in a college town to use as housing for your college student? I think it is since you can treat the property as a rental and take advantage of deductions. In addition, if you have property that can be used for student housing, you will be able to take advantage of the rental income it will produce to offset your costs.
Your student will have housing costs whether you invest in property or not. Owning rental property in your student’s college town will help offset that expense and return revenue to you in the process. You can either elect to hold on to the property after your student graduates or put it back on the market and hope to get a return on your investment.
The top 10 most affordable college markets for home prices in 2008 are:
Akron Real Estate
|
Rank
|
School
|
Town, State
|
2008 Avg. Price
|
|
1
|
University of Akron
|
Akron, Ohio
|
$135,780
|
|
2
|
Ball State University
|
Muncie, Ind.
|
$144,250
|
|
3
|
Texas Christian University
|
Fort Worth, Texas
|
$148,625
|
|
4
|
University of Tulsa
|
Tulsa, Okla.
|
$154,200
|
|
5
|
University of Toledo
|
Toledo, Ohio
|
$155,900
|
|
6
|
University of Houston
|
Houston, Texas
|
$158,412
|
|
|
Rice University
|
Houston, Texas
|
$158,412
|
|
8
|
University of Louisiana Monroe
|
Monroe, La.
|
$166,109
|
|
9
|
Eastern Michigan University
|
Ypsilanti, Mich.
|
$166,750
|
|
10
|
Oklahoma State University
|
Stillwater, Okla.
|
$170,500
|
The top 10 most expensive college markets for home prices in 2008 are:
Akron Real Estate
|
Rank
|
School
|
Town, State
|
2008 Avg. Price
|
|
1
|
Stanford University
|
Palo Alto, Calif.
|
$1,740,731
|
|
2
|
Boston College
|
Boston, Mass.
|
$1,381,250
|
|
3
|
University of California, Berkeley
|
Berkeley, Calif.
|
$1,299,750
|
|
4
|
University of California, Los Angeles
|
Los Angeles, Calif.
|
$1,090,884
|
|
|
University of Southern California
|
Los Angeles, Calif.
|
$1,090,884
|
|
6
|
San Jose State University
|
San Jose, Calif.
|
$1,077,575
|
|
7
|
University of Hawaii
|
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$780,000
|
|
8
|
Northwestern University
|
Evanston, Ill.
|
$653,750
|
|
9
|
University of Miami
|
Miami, Fla.
|
$600,000
|
|
10
|
University of Colorado
|
Boulder, Colo.
|
$578,047
|
The following chart ranks Football Bowl Subdivision (I-A) college football conferences by affordability:
Akron Real Estate
|
Rank
|
School
|
2008 Avg Price
|
|
1
|
Mid-American Conference
|
$231,321
|
|
2
|
Conference USA
|
$235,627
|
|
3
|
Big 12 Conference
|
$248,026
|
|
4
|
Southeastern Conference
|
$253,169
|
|
5
|
Big East Conference
|
$283,203
|
|
6
|
Sun Belt Conference
|
$287,548
|
|
7
|
Big Ten Conference
|
$289,629
|
|
8
|
Mountain West Conference
|
$304,609
|
|
9
|
Independent
|
$400,123
|
|
10
|
Western Athletic Conference
|
$407,728
|
|
11
|
Atlantic Coast Conference
|
$410,945
|
|
12
|
Pac-10 Conference
|
$735,822
|
|