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%

Lucas$1,620/mo

Typical home $265K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $780/mo · Housing →

Philo$930/mo

Typical home $156K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.90% · or rent about $827/mo · Housing →

The difference: $690 a month, about $8,300 a year, between Lucas and Philo.

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

Lucas gets 40 more inches of snow a year

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

LucasPhilo

Snow a year49″10″

January low19°F —

July high83°F —

Growing season (days)177d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)23rd 76th

Outdoors & history

LucasPhilo

Settled—1833

Community

LucasPhilo

Library hours a week57 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

64 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LucasOH PhiloOH

Lucas ↔ Philo64 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

LucasPhilo

People

Population 593Lowest 683Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -4.2%Lowest OH: +2.3% -1.8%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 36.3±6.7Lowest 9% below OH 39.4±9.9Highest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 22.1%±7.8Lowest OH: 22% 22.3%±4Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 18.4%±8.6Lowest OH: 18.3% 19.2%±8.4Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9.9%Lowest OH: 31.5% 11.4%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.4%±2.1Highest OH: 5.6% 1%±2.1Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,333±$9kHighest 20% below OH $42,344±$26kLowest 41% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $142,300±$30kHighest 34% below OH $109,000±$12kLowest 49% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $780±$36Lowest 25% below OH $827±$116Highest 20% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,500Highest 47% below OH $984Lowest 65% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 23.2%±25.3Lowest OH: 45.9% 70.7%±100Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 10.1%Lowest OH: 13.3% 21.8%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 61.3%Lowest OH: 67.2% 61.8%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1954Highest 16 yrs older than OH 1941Lowest 29 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 5% above OH 35 minHighest 51% above OH

Work from home 3.7%±3.4Highest OH: 13% 0.7%±1Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.5%Highest 0.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.8 miLowest 14.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.52Lowest 0.63Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Mansfield (27%)Zanesville (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PhiloFew work in Lucas

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 27.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 34.2Lowest 76.5Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Lucas vs Philo

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $690 more a month in Lucas

Lucas gets 40 more inches of snow a year

64 miles apart

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