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 →

Harrison$2,020/mo

Typical home $319K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.31% · or rent about $1,153/mo · Housing →

The difference: $350 a month, about $4,200 a year, between Harrison 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

Harrison places higher on 12 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.

Schools

A−Lemon TownshipBetter than 84% of districts in the state –HarrisonNot graded

Health

C+Lemon TownshipHealthier than 45% of U.S. towns B+HarrisonHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns

7Lemon Township

12Harrison

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

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 221 towns #190#32 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #598#130 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #400#841 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #279#564 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #223#542 Most activeHealth · 1041 towns #407#122 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #777#518 HealthiestHealth · 1041 towns #430#191

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 TownshipHarrison

Snow a year10″16″

January low—22°F

July high—85°F

Growing season (days)—191d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd 73rd

Outdoors & history

Lemon TownshipHarrison

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land1%3.4%

Settled—1850

National Register places1 3

Archive photos6 3

Famous people born here—4

Community

Lemon TownshipHarrison

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

25 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Lemon TownshipHarrison

Lemon Township ↔ Harrison25 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 TownshipHarrison

People

Population 17,166Highest 13,084Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +21.7%Lowest OH: +2.3% +26.9%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 36.1±1.3Lowest 9% below OH 37.1±2.8Highest 7% below OH

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

Kids under 18 28.6%±3.4Highest OH: 22% 27.8%±3.4Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 13.3%±2.1Lowest OH: 18.3% 14.4%±2.6Highest OH: 18.3%

Harrison and Lemon 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%Highest OH: 31.5% 30.8%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.7%±1.5Highest OH: 5.6% 2.7%±0.8Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $101,942±$8kHighest 43% above OH $100,000±$8kLowest 40% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $263,500±$17kHighest 23% above OH $229,400±$11kLowest 7% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,447±$135Highest 40% above OH $1,153±$41Lowest 12% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,447Highest 22% above OH $3,006Lowest 7% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.2%±11.1Highest OH: 45.9% 35.7%±10.5Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 7.9%Highest OH: 13.3% 6.9%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.4%Highest OH: 67.2% 75.2%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1998Highest 28 yrs newer than OH 1992Lowest 22 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest about the OH average 26 minHighest 10% above OH

Work from home 15.8%±5.3Highest OH: 13% 13.1%±3.7Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.9%Lowest 12.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.09Highest 0.91Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Monroe (8%)Cincinnati (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HarrisonFew work in Lemon Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1%Lowest 3.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miLowest 1.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 31.6Lowest 46.3Highest

Schools

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

School district Monroe Local · Butler Technology & Career Development Schools—

High school in town Monroe High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 21.2 —

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.

Lemon Township vs Harrison

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $350 more a month in Harrison

Harrison places higher on 12 of 19 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

25 miles apart

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