Next-door neighbors in Day County. The biggest differences: size (3× in Central Point Township) and typical home built (21 yrs in Central Point Township).
A typical home costs $2,090 more a month in Central Point Township
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.
Morton Township$1,470/mo
Typical home $217K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
Central Point Township$3,560/mo
Typical home $528K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
The difference: $2,090 a month, about $25,100 a year, between Central Point Township and Morton 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.
Where they are
Morton Township and Central Point Township share a border
Straight-line miles between town centers.
Morton TownshipCentral Point Township
Morton Township ↔ Central Point Township7.0 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
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.
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.
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.
Morton TownshipCentral Point Township
Your priorities
People
Population28Lowest85Highest
Median age71.5±0.5Highest 88% above SD36.8±41Lowest 3% below SD
Morton Township and Central Point Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 180%±100Lowest SD: 24.2%32.9%±29.5Highest SD: 24.2%
Central Point Township and Morton Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+100%±82.2Highest SD: 18%15.3%±34.4Lowest SD: 18%
Morton Township and Central Point Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.