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%

Lemon Township$1,670/mo

Typical home $264K (Census) · tax rate 1.31% · or rent about $1,447/mo · Housing →

Etna Township$1,900/mo

Typical home $300K (Census) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $1,461/mo · Housing →

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,800 a year, between Etna Township and Lemon 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

Lemon Township places higher on 9 of 18 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.

Schools

A−Lemon TownshipBetter than 84% of districts in the state B+Etna TownshipBetter than 67% of districts in the state

Health

C+Lemon TownshipHealthier than 45% of U.S. towns BEtna TownshipHealthier than 60% of U.S. towns

9Lemon Township

8Etna Township

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #223#786 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #548#888 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #279#564 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #169#355 Most activeHealth · 1041 towns #407#183 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #400#192 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #598#393 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1041 towns #441#247

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

Lemon TownshipEtna Township

Snow a year10″17″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd 17th

Outdoors & history

Lemon TownshipEtna Township

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land1%—

National Register places1 —

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here—1

Community

Lemon TownshipEtna Township

Library hours a week50 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.

Where they are

97 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Lemon TownshipButler County Etna TownshipLicking County

Lemon Township ↔ Etna Township97 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

Lemon TownshipEtna Township

People

Population 17,166Lowest 19,377Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +21.7%Highest OH: +2.3% +15.4%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 36.1±1.3Lowest 9% below OH 39.5±2Highest about the OH average

Kids under 18 28.6%±3.4Highest OH: 22% 23.7%±2.5Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 13.3%±2.1Highest OH: 18.3% 13%±1.7Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 34.9%Lowest OH: 31.5% 35.3%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.7%±1.5Highest OH: 5.6% 3.1%±0.9Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $101,942±$8kLowest 43% above OH $102,813±$8kHighest 44% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $263,500±$17kLowest 23% above OH $299,800±$13kHighest 40% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,447±$135Lowest 40% above OH $1,461±$87Highest 41% above OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,447Lowest 22% above OH $3,969Highest 41% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.2%±11.1Highest OH: 45.9% 50.1%±14.5Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 7.9%Lowest OH: 13.3% 8.9%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.4%Lowest OH: 67.2% 79.5%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1998Highest 28 yrs newer than OH 1995Lowest 25 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest about the OH average 29 minHighest 24% above OH

Work from home 15.8%±5.3Lowest OH: 13% 22.5%±5Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.9%Highest 7.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 12.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.09Lowest 1.39Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Monroe (8%)Columbus (37%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Etna TownshipFew work in Lemon Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 31.6Highest 27.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #169 of 624 in OH #355 of 624 in OH

School district Monroe Local · Butler Technology & Career Development SchoolsReynoldsburg City · Southwest Licking Local

High school in town Monroe High SchoolWatkins Memorial High School

Students per teacherat that high school 21.2Lowest 22.2Highest

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.

Lemon Township vs Etna Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Etna Township

Lemon Township places higher on 9 of 18 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

97 miles apart

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