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%

Cairo$870/mo

Typical home $142K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.10% · or rent about $1,023/mo · Housing →

Mark Township$900/mo

Typical home $149K (Census) · tax rate 0.92% · 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

CairoMark Township

Snow a year19″24″

January low19°F 18°F

July high84°F 85°F

Growing season (days)182d 183d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)32nd 51st

Outdoors & history

CairoMark Township

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land5.3%—

Archive photos4 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

CairoMark Township

Library hours a week36 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

43 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CairoOH Mark TownshipDefiance County

Cairo ↔ Mark Township43 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

CairoMark Township

People

Population 581Lowest 766Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.3%Lowest OH: +2.3% -0.7%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 35.9±9.6Highest 10% below OH 34±6Lowest 14% below OH

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

Kids under 18 17.6%±7.7Lowest OH: 22% 31.1%±4.6Highest OH: 22%

Age 65+ 15.7%±4.8Highest OH: 18.3% 14.6%±4Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.4%Highest OH: 31.5% 14.5%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.4%±9.8Highest OH: 5.6% 1.3%±3Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $83,125±$7kLowest 16% above OH $91,938±$27kHighest 29% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $114,500±$11kLowest 47% below OH $148,900±$62kHighest 31% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,023±$149 about the OH average —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,265Lowest 55% below OH $1,377Highest 51% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 26.9%±94Highest OH: 45.9% 0%±100Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 6.9%Highest OH: 13.3% 3.1%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 86.4%Lowest OH: 67.2% 88.7%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1951Lowest 19 yrs older than OH 1968Highest 2 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 24% below OH 24 minHighest 4% above OH

Work from home 1.5%±1.7Lowest OH: 13% 7.3%±8.2Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.5%Lowest 1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.29Lowest 0.31Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Lima (14%)Defiance (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Mark TownshipFew work in Cairo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 125Highest 1.8Lowest

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.

Cairo vs Mark Township

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Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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