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 →

Pierce Township$1,750/mo

Typical home $277K (Census) · tax rate 1.29% · or rent about $1,126/mo · Housing →

The difference: $150 a month, about $1,800 a year, between Etna Township and Pierce 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

Etna Township places higher on 10 of 17 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

–Etna TownshipNot graded B+Pierce TownshipSafer than 71% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+Etna TownshipBetter than 67% of districts in the state BPierce TownshipBetter than 60% of districts in the state

Health

BEtna TownshipHealthier than 60% of U.S. towns B−Pierce TownshipHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns

10Etna Township

6Pierce Township

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #786#269 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #192#400 Most remote workersWork · 1019 towns #65#238 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #393#228 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #904#747 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #77#239 Most activeHealth · 1041 towns #183#341 Highest incomeIncome · 1041 towns #167#303

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 TownshipPierce Township

Snow a year17″23″

January low—23°F

July high—86°F

Growing season (days)—188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)17th 13th

Outdoors & history

Etna TownshipPierce Township

Trails—15 mi

Conserved land—6.2%

Settled—1853

National Register places—2

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Etna TownshipPierce Township

Library hours a week—48 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

106 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Etna TownshipLicking County Pierce TownshipClermont County

Etna Township ↔ Pierce Township106 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 TownshipPierce Township

People

Population 19,377Highest 15,295Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +15.4%Highest OH: +2.3% +5.2%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 39.5±2Lowest about the OH average 40.8±1.8Highest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 23.7%±2.5Highest OH: 22% 21.5%±3Lowest OH: 22%

Etna Township and Pierce 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% 22.3%±2.5Highest OH: 18.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.3%Highest OH: 31.5% 35.2%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±0.9Highest OH: 5.6% 2.5%±0.9Lowest OH: 5.6%

Etna Township and Pierce 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 $89,577±$5kLowest 25% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $299,800±$13kHighest 40% above OH $277,400±$31kLowest 29% above OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,461±$87Highest 41% above OH $1,126±$146Lowest 9% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,969Highest 41% above OH $3,588Lowest 27% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.1%±14.5Highest OH: 45.9% 31.8%±10.9Lowest OH: 45.9%

Etna Township and Pierce 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% 8.3%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.5%Highest OH: 67.2% 78%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Highest 25 yrs newer than OH 1990Lowest 20 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minLowest 24% above OH 31 minHighest 31% above OH

Work from home 22.5%±5Highest OH: 13% 15.2%±3.3Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.6%Highest 2.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miLowest 15.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.39Highest 0.23Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbus (37%)Cincinnati (21%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 6.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 14.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 10Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 27.5Highest 16.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #355 of 624 in OH #289 of 624 in OH

School district Reynoldsburg City · Southwest Licking LocalNew Richmond Exempted Village · West Clermont Local

High school in town Watkins Memorial High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 22.2 —

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 Pierce Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Etna Township places higher on 10 of 17 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

106 miles apart

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