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%

Etna Township$1,900/mo

Typical home $300K (Census) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $1,461/mo · Housing →

Lemon Township$1,670/mo

Typical home $264K (Census) · tax rate 1.31% · or rent about $1,447/mo · Housing →

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,800 a year, between Etna Township and Lemon 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

Lemon Township places higher on 9 of 18 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.

Schools

B+Etna TownshipBetter than 67% of districts in the state A−Lemon TownshipBetter than 84% of districts in the state

Health

BEtna TownshipHealthier than 60% of U.S. towns C+Lemon TownshipHealthier than 45% of U.S. towns

8Etna Township

9Lemon Township

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #786#223 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #888#548 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #564#279 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #355#169 Most activeHealth · 1041 towns #183#407 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #192#400 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #393#598 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1041 towns #247#441

Left end = #1 in Ohio. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Etna Township’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

Etna TownshipLemon Township

Snow a year17″10″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)17th 43rd

Outdoors & history

Etna TownshipLemon Township

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—1%

National Register places—1

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Etna TownshipLemon Township

Library hours a week—50 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

97 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Etna TownshipLicking County Lemon TownshipButler County

Etna Township ↔ Lemon Township97 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

Etna TownshipLemon Township

People

Population 19,377Highest 17,166Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +15.4%Lowest OH: +2.3% +21.7%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 39.5±2Highest about the OH average 36.1±1.3Lowest 9% below OH

Kids under 18 23.7%±2.5Lowest OH: 22% 28.6%±3.4Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 13%±1.7Lowest OH: 18.3% 13.3%±2.1Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.3%Highest OH: 31.5% 34.9%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±0.9Lowest OH: 5.6% 4.7%±1.5Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $102,813±$8kHighest 44% above OH $101,942±$8kLowest 43% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $299,800±$13kHighest 40% above OH $263,500±$17kLowest 23% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,461±$87Highest 41% above OH $1,447±$135Lowest 40% above OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,969Highest 41% above OH $3,447Lowest 22% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.1%±14.5Lowest OH: 45.9% 51.2%±11.1Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 8.9%Highest OH: 13.3% 7.9%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.5%Highest OH: 67.2% 79.4%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Lowest 25 yrs newer than OH 1998Highest 28 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 24% above OH 24 minLowest about the OH average

Work from home 22.5%±5Highest OH: 13% 15.8%±5.3Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.6%Lowest 7.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miHighest 11.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.39Highest 1.09Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbus (37%)Monroe (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lemon TownshipFew work in Etna Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 6Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 27.5Lowest 31.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #355 of 624 in OH #169 of 624 in OH

School district Reynoldsburg City · Southwest Licking LocalMonroe Local · Butler Technology & Career Development Schools

High school in town Watkins Memorial High SchoolMonroe High School

Students per teacherat that high school 22.2Highest 21.2Lowest

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.

Etna Township vs Lemon Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Etna Township

Lemon Township places higher on 9 of 18 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

97 miles apart

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