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%

Big Spring Township$1,090/mo

Typical home $181K (Census) · tax rate 0.96% · or rent about $750/mo · Housing →

Jackson Township$1,090/mo

Typical home $182K (Census) · tax rate 0.89% · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

Big Spring TownshipJackson Township

Snow a year30″17″

January low19°F 17°F

July high84°F 86°F

Growing season (days)184d 162d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)37th 42nd

Outdoors & history

Big Spring TownshipJackson Township

Trails2 mi —

Conserved land0.9%—

National Register places1 —

Community

Big Spring TownshipJackson Township

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

148 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Big Spring TownshipSeneca County Jackson TownshipBrown County

Big Spring Township ↔ Jackson Township148 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

Big Spring TownshipJackson Township

People

Population 1,756Highest 1,344Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.9%Lowest OH: +2.3% +9.9%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 40.9±7.4Highest 3% above OH 39.9±11.2Lowest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 26.5%±4.2Highest OH: 22% 24.3%±10.5Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 18.7%±3.4Highest OH: 18.3% 11.9%±4.9Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.3%Highest OH: 31.5% 14.5%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.4%±1.8Highest OH: 5.6% 2.3%±3.9Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $73,688±$12kLowest 3% above OH $81,992±$16kHighest 15% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $181,000±$26kLowest 16% below OH $181,700±$28kHighest 15% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $750±$128 27% below OH —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,743Highest 38% below OH $1,625Lowest 42% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 8.2%±31.2Highest OH: 45.9% 0%±36.6Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 5.8%Highest OH: 13.3% 0%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.4%Highest OH: 67.2% 87%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1959Lowest 11 yrs older than OH 1996Highest 26 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest about the OH average 44 minHighest 87% above OH

Work from home 3.1%±1.8Highest OH: 13% 0%±2.2Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 6.5%Highest 2.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 34.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.38Highest 0.12Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Tiffin (17%)Georgetown (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Jackson TownshipFew work in Big Spring Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.9%Highest 0.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.9 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.3Lowest 5.9Highest

Schools

School district New Riegel Local—

High school in town New Riegel High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 16.0 —

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.

Big Spring Township vs Jackson Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Grades and rankings, side by side

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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