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%

Hudson$3,670/mo

Typical home $559K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.58% · or rent about $2,344/mo · Housing →

Powell$3,830/mo

Typical home $570K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.78%+ · or rent about $2,194/mo · Housing →

The difference: $170 a month, about $2,000 a year, between Powell and Hudson.

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; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

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Powell places higher on 14 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

AHudsonSafer than 88% of U.S. towns A−PowellSafer than 78% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+HudsonBetter than 96% of districts in the state –PowellNot graded

Health

AHudsonHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns A+PowellHealthier than 98% of U.S. towns

4Hudson

14Powell

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #433#64 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #621#273 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #306#41 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #150#362 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #759#590 SafestSafety · 262 towns #30#58 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #66#28 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #78#52

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

HudsonPowell

Snow a year45″24″

January low17°F 21°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)189d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)12th 23rd

Outdoors & history

HudsonPowell

Trails28 mi 8 mi

Conserved land10.3%5.4%

Settled1799 1801

National Register places10 —

Archive photos18 4

Famous people born here19 4

Community

HudsonPowell

Library hours a week64 hrs 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

113 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HudsonOH PowellOH

Hudson ↔ Powell113 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

HudsonPowell

People

Population 23,039Highest 14,451Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.8%Lowest OH: +2.3% +23.2%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 42.8±2 8% above OH 42.8±1.5 8% above OH

Kids under 18 28.3%±2.7Highest OH: 22% 27.6%±3.1Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 20.1%±2.3Highest OH: 18.3% 17.6%±3Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 75.3%Lowest OH: 31.5% 78.1%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±0.8Lowest OH: 5.6% 4.3%±1.7Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $171,427±$12kLowest 140% above OH $195,495±$11kHighest 174% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $466,500±$11kLowest 117% above OH $561,500±$26kHighest 161% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,344±$344Highest 127% above OH $2,194±$379Lowest 112% above OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $7,375Lowest 161% above OH $10,000+Highest at least 254% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.7%±11.1Highest OH: 45.9% 31.1%±11.8Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 3.7%Highest OH: 13.3% 1.1%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.4%Highest OH: 67.2% 88%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Lowest 13 yrs newer than OH 2001Highest 31 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 14% above OH 24 minLowest 4% above OH

Work from home 28.6%±3.1Lowest OH: 13% 31.7%±4.6Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 13.9%Highest 2.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miHighest 11.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.18Highest 0.48Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Cleveland (13%)Columbus (44%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PowellFew work in Hudson

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 10.3%Highest 5.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 28.3 miHighest 8.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 18Highest 8Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 30.5Lowest 82.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #25 of 624 in OH—

School district Hudson City—

High school in town Hudson High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 15.3 —

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.

Hudson vs Powell

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $170 more a month in Powell

Powell places higher on 14 of 20 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

113 miles apart

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