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.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $220 more a month in Thorn 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.

Down paymentRate%

Hambden Township$1,820/mo

Typical home $272K (Census) · tax rate 1.72% · or rent about $989/mo · Housing →

Thorn Township$2,030/mo

Typical home $334K (Census) · tax rate 1.01% · or rent about $963/mo · Housing →

The difference: $220 a month, about $2,600 a year, between Thorn Township and Hambden 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

Hambden Township places higher on 10 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

–Hambden TownshipNot graded B+Thorn TownshipBetter than 68% of districts in the state

Health

B+Hambden TownshipHealthier than 74% of U.S. towns B−Thorn TownshipHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns

10Hambden Township

8Thorn Township

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #129#635 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #401#855 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #525#172 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #130#293 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #37#192 HealthiestHealth · 1041 towns #183#335 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #177#319 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #227#345

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

Where they are

137 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Hambden TownshipGeauga County Thorn TownshipPerry County

Hambden Township ↔ Thorn Township137 miles apart

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Only big differences vs Ohio average

Hambden TownshipThorn Township

People

Population 4,692Highest 4,641Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.3%Lowest OH: +2.3% +7.1%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 50.9±3.6Lowest 28% above OH 53.6±5.4Highest 35% above OH

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

Kids under 18 15.9%±3.3Lowest OH: 22% 17.2%±4.8Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 20.5%±3.3Lowest OH: 18.3% 30.6%±5.5Highest OH: 18.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 29.1%Lowest OH: 31.5% 30.7%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±3.5Highest OH: 5.6% 2.4%±1.3Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $93,849±$20kLowest 31% above OH $96,463±$13kHighest 35% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $271,700±$26kLowest 26% above OH $333,800±$49kHighest 55% above OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $989±$205Highest 4% below OH $963±$262Lowest 7% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,685Highest 66% above OH $3,387Lowest 20% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.8%±27.2Lowest OH: 45.9% 51.3%±17.2Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 4%Lowest OH: 13.3% 4.1%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.6%Highest OH: 67.2% 89.7%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1990Lowest 20 yrs newer than OH 1991Highest 21 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

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

Work from home 11.1%±4.5Lowest OH: 13% 13.4%±4.3Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.1%Lowest 6.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miLowest 18.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Lowest 0.35Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Cleveland (11%)Newark (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Thorn TownshipFew work in Hambden Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 11.2%Highest 2.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.8Lowest 5.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#128 of 624 in OH

School district —Northern Local

High school in town —None in town

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.

Hambden Township vs Thorn Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Hambden Township gets 97 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs $220 more a month in Thorn Township

Hambden Township places higher on 10 of 18 OH lists

137 miles apart

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