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%

Lee Township$1,320/mo

Typical home $216K (Census) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $857/mo · Housing →

Versailles$1,850/mo

Typical home $308K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.89% · or rent about $751/mo · Housing →

The difference: $530 a month, about $6,300 a year, between Versailles and Lee 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.

Report cards

Versailles places higher on 15 of 19 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.

Health

CLee TownshipHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns BVersaillesHealthier than 63% of U.S. towns

4Lee Township

15Versailles

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #960#192 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #843#134 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #484#102 Most remote workersWork · 1019 towns #295#789 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #345#23 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #699#338 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #863#549 HealthiestHealth · 1041 towns #600#266

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

Lee TownshipVersailles

Snow a year18″26″

January low22°F —

July high85°F —

Growing season (days)168d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)15th 37th

Outdoors & history

Lee TownshipVersailles

Trails5 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.6%3.2%

National Register places—1

Archive photos4 6

Famous people born here—5

Community

Lee TownshipVersailles

Library hours a week44 hrs 50 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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.

Lee TownshipAthens County VersaillesOH

Lee Township ↔ Versailles138 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

Lee TownshipVersailles

People

Population 2,841Highest 2,715Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4%Highest OH: +2.3% +0.2%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 43.6±5.7Lowest 10% above OH 46±5.5Highest 16% above OH

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

Kids under 18 21.1%±6.3Highest OH: 22% 19.3%±3.5Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 21.3%±6.4Lowest OH: 18.3% 22.6%±3.9Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 30.7%Highest OH: 31.5% 29.5%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±2.8Lowest OH: 5.6% 4.6%±3.5Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $81,761±$14kHighest 15% above OH $70,717±$8kLowest about the OH average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $215,600±$45kHighest about the OH average $208,200±$18kLowest 3% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $857±$34Highest 17% below OH $751±$72Lowest 27% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,267Highest 20% below OH $1,851Lowest 34% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 34.5%±34.8Highest OH: 45.9% 20.2%±7.8Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 7.7%Highest OH: 13.3% 5.3%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.8%Highest OH: 67.2% 71.7%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Highest 16 yrs newer than OH 1960Lowest 10 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 9% above OH 22 minLowest 7% below OH

Work from home 13.6%±8.5Highest OH: 13% 5.6%±5.5Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 6.6%Lowest 25.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miHighest 12.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.44Lowest 1.79Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Athens (32%)Greenville (7%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in VersaillesFew work in Lee Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 3.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.1 miHighest 2.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.6Lowest 68.0Highest

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.

Lee Township vs Versailles

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $530 more a month in Versailles

Versailles places higher on 15 of 19 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

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