Next-door neighbors in Charles Mix County. The biggest differences: median age (34.9 yrs in Jackson Township) and homeowners (+26.1 pts renters in Rhoda Township).
A typical home costs $230 more a month in Jackson 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.
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.
Everything, side by side
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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.
Jackson TownshipRhoda Township
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People
Population74Lowest121Highest
Median age65±4.7Highest 71% above SD30.1±12Lowest 21% below SD
Kids under 180%±38.2Lowest SD: 24.2%26.4%±29Highest SD: 24.2%
Rhoda Township and Jackson Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+48.6%±44.9Highest SD: 18%9.9%±29.8Lowest SD: 18%
Jackson Township and Rhoda Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.