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%

Bedford$1,100/mo

Typical home $160K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.98% · or rent about $1,059/mo · Housing →

Upper Township$690/mo

Typical home $113K (Census) · tax rate 0.97% · or rent about $805/mo · Housing →

The difference: $420 a month, about $5,000 a year, between Bedford and Upper 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.

Life in each

Bedford gets 58 more inches of snow a year

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

BedfordUpper Township

Snow a year64″6″

January low22°F 25°F

July high84°F 86°F

Growing season (days)198d 196d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)8th 81st

Outdoors & history

BedfordUpper Township

Trails7 mi 0 mi

Conserved land5.8%5.6%

Settled1837 —

National Register places7 —

Archive photos6 2

Famous people born here17 —

Community

BedfordUpper Township

Library hours a week67 hrs 54 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.

Report cards

Bedford places higher on 15 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.

Safety

A−BedfordSafer than 77% of U.S. towns –Upper TownshipNot graded

Schools

CBedfordBetter than 31% of districts in the state B−Upper TownshipBetter than 48% of districts in the state

Health

CBedfordHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns D−Upper TownshipHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns

15Bedford

5Upper Township

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #37#841 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #143#884 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #659#23 Lowest property taxCost of living · 1041 towns #599#19 Most activeHealth · 1041 towns #407#984 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #433#976 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #677#207 HealthiestHealth · 1041 towns #549#1014

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

Where they are

206 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BedfordOH Upper TownshipLawrence County

Bedford ↔ Upper Township206 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

BedfordUpper Township

People

Population 12,931Lowest 14,088Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.6%Highest OH: +2.3% -6.3%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 42.2±3.3Highest 6% above OH 40.3±2.5Lowest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 19.7%±4Lowest OH: 22% 20.9%±2.7Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 19.8%±3.5Highest OH: 18.3% 19.3%±2.4Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.2%Highest OH: 31.5% 17.9%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±1.8Highest OH: 5.6% 1.7%±0.7Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,308±$5kHighest 20% below OH $48,548±$4kLowest 32% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $135,200±$8kHighest 37% below OH $113,200±$12kLowest 47% below OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,059±$66Highest about the OH average $805±$94Lowest 22% below OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,678Highest 5% below OH $1,098Lowest 61% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.3%±11.4Lowest OH: 45.9% 53.6%±8.1Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 13.6%Lowest OH: 13.3% 22.3%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59.2%Lowest OH: 67.2% 63%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1958Highest 12 yrs older than OH 1956Lowest 14 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 14% below OH 22 minHighest 6% below OH

Work from home 10.6%±3.2Highest OH: 13% 4.9%±2.1Lowest OH: 13%

Work in townworking residents 4%Lowest 23.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 mi 8.8 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.65Lowest 0.84Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Cleveland (23%)Ironton (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Upper TownshipFew work in Bedford

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.8%Highest 5.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.0 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 55.9Highest 24.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #588 of 624 in OH #545 of 624 in OH

School district Bedford CityIronton City School District · Dawson-Bryant Local

High school in town Bedford High SchoolIronton High School

Students per teacherat that high school 10.6Lowest 18.0Highest

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.

Bedford vs Upper Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $420 more a month in Bedford

Bedford gets 58 more inches of snow a year

Bedford places higher on 15 of 20 OH lists

206 miles apart

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