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%

Green Township$990/mo

Typical home $158K (Census) · tax rate 1.20% · or rent about $1,066/mo · Housing →

Union Township$840/mo

Typical home $141K (Census) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $642/mo · Housing →

The difference: $150 a month, about $1,800 a year, between Green Township and Union 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

Green Township places higher on 11 of 19 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−Green TownshipBetter than 51% of districts in the state –Union TownshipNot graded

Health

DGreen TownshipHealthier than 12% of U.S. towns DUnion TownshipHealthier than 5% of U.S. towns

11Green Township

6Union Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #689#19 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #1015#440 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #393#944 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #634#990 Lowest property taxCost of living · 1041 towns #318#36 Highest incomeIncome · 1041 towns #754#914 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #841#960 HealthiestHealth · 1041 towns #877#988

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

Green TownshipUnion Township

Snow a year12″12″

January low—22°F

July high—86°F

Growing season (days)—182d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)65th 64th

Outdoors & history

Green TownshipUnion Township

Trails17 mi 19 mi

Conserved land17.3%27.9%

National Register places3 —

Archive photos4 4

Community

Green TownshipUnion Township

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

63 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Green TownshipHocking County Union TownshipScioto County

Green Township ↔ Union Township63 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

Green TownshipUnion Township

People

Population 3,222Highest 2,583Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.1%Highest OH: +2.3% -8.2%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 42.3±6Highest 7% above OH 40.7±15.8Lowest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 26.4%±6.1Lowest OH: 22% 28%±8.1Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 23.3%±5.9Highest OH: 18.3% 21.6%±7.6Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.1%Lowest OH: 31.5% 12.7%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.5%±1.4Lowest OH: 5.6% 1.8%±1.5Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,060±$17kHighest 13% below OH $53,234±$20kLowest 25% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $158,100±$24kHighest 26% below OH $141,200±$58kLowest 34% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,066±$93Highest 3% above OH $642±$222Lowest 38% below OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,891Highest 33% below OH $1,176Lowest 58% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 72.1%±31.2Lowest OH: 45.9% 78.8%±100Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 17.7%Lowest OH: 13.3% 26.4%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.1%Lowest OH: 67.2% 83.1%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1980Lowest 10 yrs newer than OH 1983Highest 13 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minLowest 26% above OH 32 minHighest 38% above OH

Work from home 7.4%±4.6Highest OH: 13% 7.1%±5.5Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 9.6%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miHighest 13.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.97Highest 0.09Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Logan (25%)Portsmouth (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Union TownshipFew work in Green Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 17.3%Lowest 27.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 16.7 miLowest 18.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.1Highest 1.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #394 of 624 in OH—

School district Logan-Hocking Local · Southeast Ohio Classical Academy—

High school in town Logan High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 15.4 —

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

Deciding?

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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.

Green Township vs Union Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Green Township places higher on 11 of 19 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

63 miles apart

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