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%

Hamden$830/mo

Typical home $138K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $757/mo · Housing →

Adena$400/mo

Typical home $65K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.99% · or rent about $1,058/mo · Housing →

The difference: $430 a month, about $5,200 a year, between Hamden and Adena.

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

HamdenAdena

Snow a year23″15″

January low—22°F

July high—83°F

Growing season (days)—196d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th 57th

Outdoors & history

HamdenAdena

Settled1820 —

National Register places—1

Archive photos9 2

Famous people born here4 2

Community

HamdenAdena

Library hours a week—35 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

114 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HamdenOH AdenaOH

Hamden ↔ Adena114 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

HamdenAdena

People

Population 796Highest 716Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -17.3%Lowest OH: +2.3% -12.5%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 42.8±10.9Highest 8% above OH 39.8±11.9Lowest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 23.6%±6.2Lowest OH: 22% 26%±8.4Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 21.6%±8.4Highest OH: 18.3% 20.8%±5.8Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 5.9%Highest OH: 31.5% 4%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.4%±3.1Lowest OH: 5.6% 4.2%±3.5Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,711±$15kHighest 35% below OH $45,556±$11kLowest 36% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $99,600±$23kHighest 54% below OH $68,200±$18kLowest 68% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $757±$263Lowest 27% below OH $1,058±$222Highest about the OH average

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $938Highest 67% below OH $675Lowest 76% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.6%±14.6Lowest OH: 45.9% 61.4%±8.9Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 21.4%Highest OH: 13.3% 21.1%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.9%Lowest OH: 67.2% 76.3%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Highest 2 yrs older than OH 1944Lowest 26 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 5% below OH 29 minHighest 25% above OH

Work from home 4.9%±7.4Highest OH: 13% 3.8%±4.1Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.3%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.8 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Highest 0.35Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town McArthur (11%)Wheeling (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AdenaFew work in Hamden

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 106Lowest 127Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Hamden vs Adena

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $430 more a month in Hamden

What daily life feels like in each

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