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%

Adena$400/mo

Typical home $65K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.99% · or rent about $1,058/mo · Housing →

Alger$1,100/mo

Typical home $173K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.33% · or rent about $644/mo · Housing →

The difference: $700 a month, about $8,400 a year, between Alger and Adena.

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.

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

AdenaAlger

Snow a year15″19″

January low22°F 19°F

July high83°F 84°F

Growing season (days)196d 182d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)57th 53rd

Outdoors & history

AdenaAlger

Settled—1896

National Register places1 —

Archive photos2 6

Famous people born here2 1

Community

AdenaAlger

Library hours a week35 hrs 44 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.

Where they are

160 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AdenaOH AlgerOH

Adena ↔ Alger160 miles apart

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

AdenaAlger

People

Population 716Lowest 718Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -12.5%Lowest OH: +2.3% -2.7%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 39.8±11.9Highest about the OH average 38.3±13Lowest 4% below OH

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

Kids under 18 26%±8.4Highest OH: 22% 22.8%±9.3Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 20.8%±5.8Lowest OH: 18.3% 21%±9.5Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 4%Highest OH: 31.5% 2.9%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±3.5Highest OH: 5.6% 1.7%±2.7Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $45,556±$11kHighest 36% below OH $38,333±$7kLowest 46% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $68,200±$18kLowest 68% below OH $68,500±$33kHighest 68% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,058±$222Highest about the OH average $644±$619Lowest 38% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $675Lowest 76% below OH $912Highest 68% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61.4%±8.9Highest OH: 45.9% 22.5%±42.8Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 21.1%Lowest OH: 13.3% 39%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.3%Highest OH: 67.2% 73.1%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1944Lowest 26 yrs older than OH 1970Highest same as OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 25% above OH 26 minLowest 12% above OH

Work from home 3.8%±4.1Highest OH: 13% 2%±2.7Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.2%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miLowest 24.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.35Highest 0.12Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Wheeling (11%)Lima (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AlgerFew work in Adena

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 127Lowest 178Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Adena vs Alger

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $700 more a month in Alger

What daily life feels like in each

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