A typical home costs $690 more a month in Prairie Township
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.
Alcester Township$1,570/mo
Typical home $233K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
Prairie Township$2,260/mo
Typical home $336K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
The difference: $690 a month, about $8,300 a year, between Prairie Township and Alcester 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
Alcester Township and Prairie Township share a border
And the people who already live in one and work in the other.
Alcester TownshipPrairie Township
Alcester Township ↔ Prairie Township5.2 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
Who commutes between them
3 Alcester Township residents work in Prairie Township (2.5% of its workers)
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.
Alcester TownshipPrairie Township
Your priorities
People
Population142Lowest155Highest
Median age47.8±19.1Lowest 26% above SD63.3±46.8Highest 67% above SD
Prairie Township and Alcester Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1821.8%±20.8Highest SD: 24.2%9%±21.6Lowest SD: 24.2%
Alcester Township and Prairie Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+23.2%±21.7Lowest SD: 18%35.5%±16.8Highest SD: 18%
Prairie Township and Alcester Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.
