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%

Mark Township$900/mo

Typical home $149K (Census) · tax rate 0.92% · Housing →

Cairo$870/mo

Typical home $142K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.10% · or rent about $1,023/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

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

Mark TownshipCairo

Snow a year24″19″

January low18°F 19°F

July high85°F 84°F

Growing season (days)183d 182d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)51st 32nd

Outdoors & history

Mark TownshipCairo

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—5.3%

Archive photos—4

Famous people born here—2

Community

Mark TownshipCairo

Library hours a week—36 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

43 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Mark TownshipDefiance County CairoOH

Mark Township ↔ Cairo43 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

Mark TownshipCairo

People

Population 766Highest 581Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.7%Highest OH: +2.3% -1.3%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 34±6Lowest 14% below OH 35.9±9.6Highest 10% below OH

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

Kids under 18 31.1%±4.6Highest OH: 22% 17.6%±7.7Lowest OH: 22%

Age 65+ 14.6%±4Lowest OH: 18.3% 15.7%±4.8Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.5%Lowest OH: 31.5% 20.4%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.3%±3Lowest OH: 5.6% 8.4%±9.8Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $91,938±$27kHighest 29% above OH $83,125±$7kLowest 16% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $148,900±$62kHighest 31% below OH $114,500±$11kLowest 47% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $1,023±$149 about the OH average

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,377Highest 51% below OH $1,265Lowest 55% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest OH: 45.9% 26.9%±94Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 3.1%Lowest OH: 13.3% 6.9%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.7%Highest OH: 67.2% 86.4%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Highest 2 yrs older than OH 1951Lowest 19 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 4% above OH 18 minLowest 24% below OH

Work from home 7.3%±8.2Highest OH: 13% 1.5%±1.7Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 1%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miHighest 11.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.31Highest 0.29Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Defiance (19%)Lima (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CairoFew work in Mark Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 5.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.8Lowest 125Highest

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.

Mark Township vs Cairo

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

43 miles apart

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