A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Adams Township$1,890/mo

Typical home $297K (Census) · tax rate 1.36% · or rent about $774/mo · Housing →

Johnson Township$1,010/mo

Typical home $164K (Census) · tax rate 1.08% · or rent about $814/mo · Housing →

The difference: $890 a month, about $10,600 a year, between Adams Township and Johnson Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Adams Township and Johnson Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Adams TownshipJohnson Township

Adams Township ↔ Johnson Township5.0 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Who commutes between them

24 Adams Township residents work in Johnson Township (6.3% of its workers)

Work & commute in Adams Township →

Report cards

Johnson Township places higher on 11 of 20 OH lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Ohio ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

–Adams TownshipNot graded B−Johnson TownshipBetter than 45% of districts in the state

Health

B−Adams TownshipHealthier than 46% of U.S. towns C+Johnson TownshipHealthier than 37% of U.S. towns

9Adams Township

11Johnson Township

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #293#888 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #436#924 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #669#403 Most remote workersWork · 1019 towns #421#689 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #668#400 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #760#1025 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #668#433 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #512#375

Left end = #1 in Ohio. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Adams Township’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Adams TownshipJohnson Township

Snow a year19″19″

January low17°F 17°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)173d 173d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th 25th

Outdoors & history

Adams TownshipJohnson Township

Trails—8 mi

Conserved land—4.8%

Archive photos3 2

Community

Adams TownshipJohnson Township

Library hours a week—52 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Ohio average

Adams TownshipJohnson Township

People

Population 1,371Lowest 3,138Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6.7%Highest OH: +2.3% -12.2%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 36.6±8Lowest 8% below OH 41.6±7.5Highest 5% above OH

Johnson Township and Adams Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 31.7%±4.3Highest OH: 22% 19.7%±5.2Lowest OH: 22%

Age 65+ 0.8%±3.3Lowest OH: 18.3% 22.4%±5.6Highest OH: 18.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.3%Highest OH: 31.5% 10.3%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.2%±1.1Lowest OH: 5.6% 1.8%±1Highest OH: 5.6%

Johnson Township and Adams Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $106,389±$17kHighest 49% above OH $59,967±$14kLowest 16% below OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $296,700±$235kHighest 38% above OH $163,700±$29kLowest 24% below OH

Adams Township and Johnson Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $774±$25Lowest 25% below OH $814±$115Highest 21% below OH

Johnson Township and Adams Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,039Highest 43% above OH $1,768Lowest 37% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 60.4%±58.3Highest OH: 45.9% 23.4%±15.7Lowest OH: 45.9%

Adams Township and Johnson Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 0%Lowest OH: 13.3% 7.4%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80%Highest OH: 67.2% 73.8%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 32 yrs older than OH 1952Highest 18 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 29% above OH 30 minLowest 29% above OH

Work from home 16.1%±21.2Highest OH: 13% 7%±4.2Lowest OH: 13%

Adams Township and Johnson Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0.3%Lowest 11.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.20Lowest 1.16Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Urbana (9%)Urbana (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 6% work in Johnson TownshipFew work in Adams Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.7%Lowest 4.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 7.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.9Lowest 4.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #512 of 624 in OH #375 of 624 in OH

School district —Graham Local

High school in town —None in town

Ohio average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Adams Township vs Johnson Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $890 more a month in Adams Township

Adams Township and Johnson Township share a border

Johnson Township places higher on 11 of 20 OH lists

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