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%

Biglick Township$1,390/mo

Typical home $232K (Census) · tax rate 0.87% · or rent about $850/mo · Housing →

Big Spring Township$1,090/mo

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

The difference: $290 a month, about $3,500 a year, between Biglick Township and Big Spring 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

Biglick Township and Big Spring Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Biglick TownshipBig Spring Township

Biglick Township ↔ Big Spring Township6.2 miles apart · They share a border

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

–Biglick TownshipNot graded ABig Spring TownshipBetter than 89% of districts in the state

Health

–Biglick TownshipNot graded C+Big Spring TownshipHealthier than 38% of U.S. towns

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

Biglick TownshipBig Spring Township

Snow a year24″30″

January low19°F 19°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)183d 184d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)55th 37th

Outdoors & history

Biglick TownshipBig Spring Township

Trails2 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.8%0.9%

National Register places—1

Community

Biglick TownshipBig Spring 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.

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

Biglick TownshipBig Spring Township

People

Population 832Lowest 1,756Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.1%Highest OH: +2.3% -4.9%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 51.8±6.8Highest 30% above OH 40.9±7.4Lowest 3% above OH

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

Kids under 18 10.6%±3.4Lowest OH: 22% 26.5%±4.2Highest OH: 22%

Age 65+ 23.1%±8.4Highest OH: 18.3% 18.7%±3.4Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 30.2%Highest OH: 31.5% 16.3%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.2%±1.3Lowest OH: 5.6% 2.4%±1.8Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $103,214±$36kHighest 45% above OH $73,688±$12kLowest 3% above OH

Biglick 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 $232,400±$39kHighest 8% above OH $181,000±$26kLowest 16% below OH

Biglick 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 $850±$270Highest 18% below OH $750±$128Lowest 27% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,026Highest 28% below OH $1,743Lowest 38% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35.3%±81.2Highest OH: 45.9% 8.2%±31.2Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 3.4%Lowest OH: 13.3% 5.8%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91%Highest OH: 67.2% 88.4%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest 17 yrs newer than OH 1959Lowest 11 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 8% below OH 24 minHighest about the OH average

Work from home 11.7%±12.6Highest OH: 13% 3.1%±1.8Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.6%Lowest 6.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 13.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.25Lowest 0.38Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Findlay (42%)Tiffin (17%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 0.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.9 mi 1.9 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.6Lowest 2.3Highest

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

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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.

Biglick Township vs Big Spring Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $290 more a month in Biglick Township

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