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%

Fletcher$1,500/mo

Typical home $249K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.94% · Housing →

Mendon$1,160/mo

Typical home $189K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.06% · or rent about $825/mo · Housing →

The difference: $350 a month, about $4,200 a year, between Fletcher and Mendon.

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

FletcherMendon

Snow a year15″29″

January low—19°F

July high—84°F

Growing season (days)—175d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)22nd 41st

Outdoors & history

FletcherMendon

National Register places—1

Archive photos4 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

FletcherMendon

Library hours a week—29 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

42 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FletcherOH MendonOH

Fletcher ↔ Mendon42 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

FletcherMendon

People

Population 719Highest 713Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -5.1% OH: +2.3%

Median age 28±2.2Lowest 29% below OH 31.3±2.5Highest 21% below OH

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

Kids under 18 28.9%±2.8Lowest OH: 22% 34.4%±5.8Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 10.7%±4.1Highest OH: 18.3% 9.4%±2.3Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7.8%Lowest OH: 31.5% 10.9%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.4%±2.3Lowest OH: 5.6% 3.1%±2.4Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $75,417±$17kHighest 6% above OH $66,250±$19kLowest 7% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $134,800±$29kHighest 37% below OH $100,000±$13kLowest 53% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $825±$64 20% below OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,269Highest 55% below OH $1,057Lowest 63% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±92.9Lowest OH: 45.9% 31.4%±43Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 11.1%Highest OH: 13.3% 8.6%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84%Lowest OH: 67.2% 84.9%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1943Lowest 27 yrs older than OH 1949Highest 21 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 4% above OH 27 minHighest 15% above OH

Work from home 5.2%±4.2Highest OH: 13% 4.1%±4.9Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 0.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miHighest 15.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.12Highest 0.07Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Troy (12%)Van Wert (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MendonFew work in Fletcher

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.7%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 117Highest 62.5Lowest

Ohio average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Fletcher vs Mendon

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $350 more a month in Fletcher

What daily life feels like in each

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