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%

Monroe$2,250/mo

Typical home $357K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.27% · or rent about $1,608/mo · Housing →

Pierce Township$1,750/mo

Typical home $277K (Census) · tax rate 1.29% · or rent about $1,126/mo · Housing →

The difference: $500 a month, about $6,000 a year, between Monroe and Pierce 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

Monroe places higher on 11 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.

Safety

B−MonroeSafer than 49% of U.S. towns B+Pierce TownshipSafer than 71% of U.S. towns

Schools

–MonroeNot graded BPierce TownshipBetter than 60% of districts in the state

Health

B+MonroeHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns B−Pierce TownshipHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns

11Monroe

7Pierce Township

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #640#188 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #792#297 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #468#933 SafestSafety · 262 towns #156#75 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #496#228 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #177#433 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #38#239 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #936#747

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

MonroePierce Township

Snow a year10″23″

January low—23°F

July high—86°F

Growing season (days)—188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)26th 13th

Outdoors & history

MonroePierce Township

Trails1 mi 15 mi

Conserved land0.9%6.2%

Settled—1853

National Register places1 2

Famous people born here7 —

Community

MonroePierce Township

Library hours a week50 hrs 48 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

30 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MonroePierce Township

Monroe ↔ Pierce Township30 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

MonroePierce Township

People

Population 15,401Highest 15,295Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +23.9%Highest OH: +2.3% +5.2%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 36.5±1.5Lowest 8% below OH 40.8±1.8Highest about the OH average

Kids under 18 29%±3.5Highest OH: 22% 21.5%±3Lowest OH: 22%

Age 65+ 13.9%±2.1Lowest OH: 18.3% 22.3%±2.5Highest OH: 18.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 39.4%Highest OH: 31.5% 35.2%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.7%±1.4Highest OH: 5.6% 2.5%±0.9Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $105,250±$6kHighest 47% above OH $89,577±$5kLowest 25% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $282,400±$16kHighest 31% above OH $277,400±$31kLowest 29% above OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,608±$153Highest 56% above OH $1,126±$146Lowest 9% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,592Highest 27% above OH $3,588Lowest 27% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 56.5%±14Highest OH: 45.9% 31.8%±10.9Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 4.5%Lowest OH: 13.3% 8.3%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.9%Highest OH: 67.2% 78%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2001Highest 31 yrs newer than OH 1990Lowest 20 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest about the OH average 31 minHighest 31% above OH

Work from home 16.5%±5.5Highest OH: 13% 15.2%±3.3Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 8.1%Highest 2.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 15.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.53Highest 0.23Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town West Chester Township (8%)Cincinnati (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Pierce TownshipFew work in Monroe

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.9%Lowest 6.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 14.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 10Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 28.7Highest 16.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#289 of 624 in OH

School district —New Richmond Exempted Village · West Clermont Local

High school in town —None in town

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.

Monroe vs Pierce Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $500 more a month in Monroe

Monroe places higher on 11 of 19 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

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