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%

Harrison$2,020/mo

Typical home $319K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.31% · or rent about $1,153/mo · Housing →

Monroe$2,250/mo

Typical home $357K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.27% · or rent about $1,608/mo · Housing →

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,700 a year, between Monroe and Harrison.

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

Harrison places higher on 11 of 20 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.

Safety

–HarrisonNot graded B−MonroeSafer than 49% of U.S. towns

Health

B+HarrisonHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns B+MonroeHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns

11Harrison

9Monroe

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #841#400 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #542#147 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #130#496 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #404#640 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #564#279 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #518#792 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #714#468 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #772#936

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

HarrisonMonroe

Snow a year16″10″

January low22°F —

July high85°F —

Growing season (days)191d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)73rd 26th

Outdoors & history

HarrisonMonroe

Trails2 mi 1 mi

Conserved land3.4%0.9%

Settled1850 —

National Register places3 1

Archive photos3 —

Famous people born here4 7

Community

HarrisonMonroe

Library hours a week—50 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

26 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HarrisonMonroe

Harrison ↔ Monroe26 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

HarrisonMonroe

People

Population 13,084Lowest 15,401Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +26.9%Highest OH: +2.3% +23.9%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 37.1±2.8Highest 7% below OH 36.5±1.5Lowest 8% below OH

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

Kids under 18 27.8%±3.4Lowest OH: 22% 29%±3.5Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 14.4%±2.6Highest OH: 18.3% 13.9%±2.1Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 30.8%Lowest OH: 31.5% 39.4%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.7%±0.8Lowest OH: 5.6% 4.7%±1.4Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $100,000±$8kLowest 40% above OH $105,250±$6kHighest 47% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $229,400±$11kLowest 7% above OH $282,400±$16kHighest 31% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,153±$41Lowest 12% above OH $1,608±$153Highest 56% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,006Lowest 7% above OH $3,592Highest 27% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35.7%±10.5Lowest OH: 45.9% 56.5%±14Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 6.9%Highest OH: 13.3% 4.5%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.2%Lowest OH: 67.2% 80.9%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992Lowest 22 yrs newer than OH 2001Highest 31 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 10% above OH 23 minLowest about the OH average

Work from home 13.1%±3.7Lowest OH: 13% 16.5%±5.5Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 12.4%Highest 8.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miHighest 11.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.91Lowest 1.53Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Cincinnati (22%)West Chester Township (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MonroeFew work in Harrison

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.4%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.5 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 6Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 46.3Highest 28.7Lowest

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.

Harrison vs Monroe

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Monroe

Harrison places higher on 11 of 20 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

26 miles apart

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