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%

Berkey$1,810/mo

Typical home $297K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.04% · Housing →

Aid Township$920/mo

Typical home $152K (Census) · tax rate 0.99% · Housing →

The difference: $890 a month, about $10,700 a year, between Berkey and Aid 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.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

–BerkeyNot graded B−Aid TownshipBetter than 47% of districts in the state

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

BerkeyAid Township

Snow a year37″14″

January low20°F 20°F

July high87°F 86°F

Growing season (days)188d 167d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)56th 78th

Outdoors & history

BerkeyAid Township

Trails—30 mi

Conserved land—45.9%

Archive photos5 —

Famous people born here—1

Community

BerkeyAid Township

Library hours a week—38 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

223 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BerkeyOH Aid TownshipLawrence County

Berkey ↔ Aid Township223 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

BerkeyAid Township

People

Population 317Lowest 778Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -6.4% OH: +2.3%

Median age 38.9±23.5Highest about the OH average 38.3±22.5Lowest 4% below OH

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

Kids under 18 27.1%±4.6Lowest OH: 22% 44.5%±23.4Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 22.4%±11.2Highest OH: 18.3% 9.8%±10.4Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 47.4%Highest OH: 31.5% 46%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.9%±4.5Highest OH: 5.6% 0.9%±2.2Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $113,611±$17k 59% above OH —

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $283,300±$27kHighest 32% above OH $152,100±$48kLowest 29% below OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,955Highest 5% above OH $1,509Lowest 47% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest OH: 45.9% 56.3%±100Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 0.6%Lowest OH: 13.3% 20.8%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 98.2%Highest OH: 67.2% 93.8%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Lowest 1 yr older than OH 2004Highest 34 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minLowest 21% above OH 44 minHighest 88% above OH

Work from home 4.1%±3.8Lowest OH: 13% 24.2%±28Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.7%Lowest 3.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miLowest 15.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.23Lowest 0.47Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Toledo (30%)Huntington (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Aid TownshipFew work in Berkey

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 45.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 30.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.0 1.0

Schools

School district —Symmes Valley Local

High school in town —Symmes Valley High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 11.1

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Berkey vs Aid Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $890 more a month in Berkey

Grades and rankings, side by side

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