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%

Delaware$2,640/mo

Typical home $413K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.36% · or rent about $1,286/mo · Housing →

Scioto Township$2,530/mo

Typical home $420K (Census) · tax rate 0.92% · or rent about $1,000/mo · Housing →

The difference: $110 a month, about $1,300 a year, between Delaware and Scioto 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

Scioto Township places higher on 10 of 19 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

BDelawareSafer than 58% of U.S. towns –Scioto TownshipNot graded

Schools

ADelawareBetter than 90% of districts in the state –Scioto TownshipNot graded

Health

A−DelawareHealthier than 82% of U.S. towns A−Scioto TownshipHealthier than 83% of U.S. towns

8Delaware

10Scioto Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #164#947 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #195#596 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #304#835 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #842#611 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #48#265 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1041 towns #247#38 Highest incomeIncome · 1041 towns #189#23 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #690#856

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

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

DelawareScioto Township

Snow a year24″24″

January low21°F 21°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)188d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)38th 46th

Outdoors & history

DelawareScioto Township

Trails13 mi 3 mi

Conserved land6.1%0.7%

Settled1808 —

National Register places24 3

Community

DelawareScioto Township

Library hours a week50 hrs 39 hrs

Colleges in town2 —

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.

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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

DelawareScioto Township

People

Population 44,589Highest 3,979Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +18.8%Lowest OH: +2.3% +25%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 36.9±1.1Lowest 7% below OH 37.5±3.8Highest 6% below OH

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

Kids under 18 23.8%±1.7Highest OH: 22% 23.5%±4.7Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 14.7%±1.3Highest OH: 18.3% 10.6%±2.8Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 47.8%Lowest OH: 31.5% 48.2%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7%±1Lowest OH: 5.6% 9.3%±3.9Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $99,786±$3kLowest 40% above OH $158,920±$21kHighest 123% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $318,400±$10kLowest 48% above OH $420,400±$32kHighest 96% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,286±$71Highest 24% above OH $1,000±$497Lowest 3% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,326Highest 53% above OH $3,850Lowest 36% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.8%±5.1Highest OH: 45.9% 25%±100Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 7.8%Highest OH: 13.3% 3.6%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 64.7%Lowest OH: 67.2% 98.5%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Lowest 25 yrs newer than OH 2000Highest 30 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 9% above OH 28 minHighest 20% above OH

Work from home 19%±3Lowest OH: 13% 22.2%±6.6Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 16%Highest 4.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Highest 0.30Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbus (32%)Columbus (27%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Scioto Township11% work in Delaware

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.1%Highest 0.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 12.5 miHighest 3.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 27Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 64.6Highest 3.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #377 of 624 in OH—

School district Delaware City—

High school in town Rutherford B Hayes High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 19.4 —

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.

Delaware vs Scioto Township

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