Next-door neighbors in Brown County. The biggest differences: bachelor’s degree+ (+19.7 pts in Frederick Township) and typical home built (28 yrs in Richland Township).
A typical home costs $230 more a month in Frederick Township
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.
Frederick Township$1,040/mo
Typical home $154K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
Richland Township$810/mo
Typical home $119K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
The difference: $230 a month, about $2,800 a year, between Frederick Township and Richland 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.
Where they are
Frederick Township and Richland Township share a border
Straight-line miles between town centers.
Frederick TownshipRichland Township
Frederick Township ↔ Richland Township6.6 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
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.
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.
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.
Frederick TownshipRichland Township
Your priorities
People
Population39Lowest52Highest
Median age52.5±19.3Lowest 38% above SD62±9Highest 63% above SD
Richland Township and Frederick Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 180%±72.5Lowest SD: 24.2%11.5%±40Highest SD: 24.2%
Richland Township and Frederick Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+20.5%±77.6Lowest SD: 18%38.5%±58.3Highest SD: 18%
Richland Township and Frederick Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.
