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%

Jerusalem$1,040/mo

Typical home $176K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.80% · or rent about $695/mo · Housing →

Highland$580/mo

Typical home $97K (Census) · tax rate 0.82% · Housing →

The difference: $470 a month, about $5,600 a year, between Jerusalem and Highland.

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

JerusalemHighland

Snow a year16″18″

January low20°F 19°F

July high86°F 85°F

Growing season (days)177d 178d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)30th 22nd

Outdoors & history

JerusalemHighland

Famous people born here—1

Community

JerusalemHighland

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

138 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

JerusalemOH HighlandOH

Jerusalem ↔ Highland138 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

JerusalemHighland

People

Population 124Highest 113Lowest

Median age 37.7±14.6Lowest 5% below OH 39.3±23.3Highest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 31.5%±15.4Highest OH: 22% 27.4%±14.5Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 25.8%±15.6Highest OH: 18.3% 13.3%±28.9Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8.6%Highest OH: 31.5% 7.7%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.2%±4.1Highest OH: 5.6% 0.9%±11.6Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $30,625±$19kLowest 57% below OH $40,000±$25kHighest 44% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $108,800±$21kHighest 49% below OH $97,200±$13kLowest 55% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $695±$257 33% below OH —

Property taxmedian, yearly $867Highest 69% below OH $793Lowest 72% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 22.2%±100Lowest OH: 45.9% 82.4%±98.9Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 23.4%Highest OH: 13.3% 21.2%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.6%Highest OH: 67.2% 70.7%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Lowest 1 yr newer than OH 1975Highest 5 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 37 minHighest 57% above OH 32 minLowest 36% above OH

Work from home 18.6%±23.7Highest OH: 13% 0%±27.7Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miLowest 33.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.33Highest 0.12Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Woodsfield (12%)Wilmington (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HighlandFew work in Jerusalem

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 27.1Lowest 191Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Jerusalem vs Highland

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $470 more a month in Jerusalem

What daily life feels like in each

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