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%

Edgerton$1,220/mo

Typical home $205K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.84% · or rent about $753/mo · Housing →

Gorham Township$720/mo

Typical home $112K (Census) · tax rate 1.47% · or rent about $797/mo · Housing →

The difference: $490 a month, about $5,900 a year, between Edgerton and Gorham 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

–EdgertonNot graded B+Gorham TownshipBetter than 68% of districts in the state

Health

DEdgertonHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns CGorham TownshipHealthier than 29% 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

EdgertonGorham Township

Snow a year33″29″

January low17°F —

July high83°F —

Growing season (days)173d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)38th 26th

Outdoors & history

EdgertonGorham Township

Trails0 mi 3 mi

Conserved land0%1%

Settled1854 —

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

EdgertonGorham Township

Library hours a week46 hrs 37 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

27 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EdgertonGorham Township

Edgerton ↔ Gorham Township27 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

EdgertonGorham Township

People

Population 2,049Highest 1,860Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6.5%Lowest OH: +2.3% -4.1%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 42.4±5.6Lowest 7% above OH 43.6±5.4Highest 10% above OH

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

Kids under 18 20.3%±4.4Highest OH: 22% 15.4%±3.7Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 19.1%±4.9Lowest OH: 18.3% 23.3%±5Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.6%Highest OH: 31.5% 13%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±4Highest OH: 5.6% 3.3%±1.5Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $45,216±$6kLowest 37% below OH $53,393±$7kHighest 25% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $115,000±$7kHighest 46% below OH $112,100±$14kLowest 48% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $753±$129Lowest 27% below OH $797±$82Highest 23% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $963Lowest 66% below OH $1,646Highest 42% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.8%±23.5Highest OH: 45.9% 37.9%±27.3Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 15.2%Highest OH: 13.3% 14.9%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.5%Highest OH: 67.2% 68.3%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1967Highest 3 yrs older than OH 1954Lowest 16 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 9% below OH 24 minHighest 3% above OH

Work from home 0.9%±1.4Lowest OH: 13% 1.6%±1.1Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 15.9%Highest 5.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 13.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.90Highest 0.57Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Bryan (15%)Archbold (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Gorham TownshipFew work in Edgerton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 3.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 44.5Highest 3.8Lowest

Schools

School district —Fayette Local

High school in town —Fayette Jr/Sr High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 6.8

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.

Edgerton vs Gorham Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $490 more a month in Edgerton

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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