Stark County

Canton, Ohio, located in Stark County, is the home of the birthplace of professional football and the Hall of Fame Museum. This asset attracts the community’s most prominent names in sports and entertainment and has a $1.37 billion economic development impact. The $900 Million Hall of Fame Village Entertainment Complex under construction drives this record growth in tourism. Stark County also has record growth in expanding and attracting companies to the community. The Stark Economic Development Board has completed 65 expansion or attraction projects in 2021. Last year, Stark County was second only to Cleveland in the number of Jobs Ohio projects completed in Northeast Ohio. Existing companies like Hendrickson Suspension, Metallus Steel, Patriot Software, and new companies like IML Containers and the largest Tractor Supply Distribution Center in the U.S. call Stark County home.

Canton/Stark County is strategically located in Northeast Ohio, which serves as the crossroads of the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. markets. Stark County’s network of highways provides easy access to other major Ohio cities and to the larger cities and markets of the Midwest and East Coast, including Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston and Washington, D.C. Among the interstate highways providing access to the U.S. are I-77, U.S. Route 30, which links to I-71, Interstate 76 near Akron, and the Ohio Turnpike, which links I-76 and to I-80 to the East Coast. Additionally, the Akron-Canton Airport (CAK), located just west of I-77 between Canton and Akron, offers Ohio’s lowest average airline fares. CAK provides nonstop air service to 11 cities in the U.S. and access to the world with only one stop.

Within 500 Miles of the Stark County Regional Market:

• 30% of Total U.S. Personal Income
• 29% of Total U.S. Retail Sales
• 30% of Total U.S. Employment
• 30% of Total U.S. Population