Next-door neighbors in Pierce County. The biggest differences: bachelor’s degree+ (+30.7 pts in Ness Township) and conserved land (+19.9 pts in Jefferson Township).
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.
Jefferson TownshipNess Township
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People
Population186Highest63Lowest
Median age12.7±65Highest 65% below ND11±3.9Lowest 69% below ND
Jefferson Township and Ness Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1852.7%±51.6Lowest ND: 23.5%68.3%±100Highest ND: 23.5%
Ness Township and Jefferson Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+21.5%±18Highest ND: 16.5%0%±55Lowest ND: 16.5%
Jefferson Township and Ness 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.