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%

Lawrence Township$580/mo

Typical home $99K (Census) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $925/mo · Housing →

Aid Township$920/mo

Typical home $152K (Census) · tax rate 0.99% · Housing →

The difference: $340 a month, about $4,100 a year, between Aid Township and Lawrence Township.

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.

Where they are

Lawrence Township and Aid Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Lawrence TownshipAid Township

Lawrence Township ↔ Aid Township6.0 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Who commutes between them

22 Lawrence Township residents work in Aid Township (2.3% of its workers)

Work & commute in Lawrence Township →

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Schools

–Lawrence TownshipNot graded B−Aid TownshipBetter than 47% of districts in the state

Health

DLawrence TownshipHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns –Aid TownshipNot graded

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

Lawrence TownshipAid Township

Snow a year6″14″

January low25°F 20°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)196d 167d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)78th 78th

Outdoors & history

Lawrence TownshipAid Township

Trails—30 mi

Conserved land—45.9%

Archive photos4 —

Famous people born here—1

Community

Lawrence TownshipAid Township

Library hours a week—38 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.

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

Lawrence TownshipAid Township

People

Population 2,329Highest 778Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -8.7%Lowest OH: +2.3% -6.4%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 42.4±8.6Highest 7% above OH 38.3±22.5Lowest 4% below OH

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

Kids under 18 22.2%±7.7Lowest OH: 22% 44.5%±23.4Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 11.1%±2.1Highest OH: 18.3% 9.8%±10.4Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.7%Lowest OH: 31.5% 46%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.6%±1.5Highest OH: 5.6% 0.9%±2.2Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,904±$7k 8% below OH —

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $98,500±$74kLowest 54% below OH $152,100±$48kHighest 29% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $925±$277 11% below OH —

Property taxmedian, yearly $766Lowest 73% below OH $1,509Highest 47% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 15.9%±29.7Lowest OH: 45.9% 56.3%±100Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 26.6%Highest OH: 13.3% 20.8%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.9%Lowest OH: 67.2% 93.8%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1990Lowest 20 yrs newer than OH 2004Highest 34 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 7% above OH 44 minHighest 88% above OH

Work from home 1%±1.5Lowest OH: 13% 24.2%±28Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.8%Lowest 3.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 15.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.08Lowest 0.47Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Ironton (12%)Huntington (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Aid TownshipFew work in Lawrence Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.1%Lowest 45.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 30.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.9Highest 1.0Lowest

Schools

School district —Symmes Valley Local

High school in town —Symmes Valley High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 11.1

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

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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.

Lawrence Township vs Aid Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $340 more a month in Aid Township

Lawrence Township and Aid Township share a border

Grades and rankings, side by side

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