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%

Norwalk$1,360/mo

Typical home $221K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.09% · or rent about $836/mo · Housing →

Upper Township$690/mo

Typical home $113K (Census) · tax rate 0.97% · or rent about $805/mo · Housing →

The difference: $670 a month, about $8,100 a year, between Norwalk and Upper 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

Norwalk places higher on 16 of 20 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

A−NorwalkSafer than 75% of U.S. towns –Upper TownshipNot graded

Schools

B+NorwalkBetter than 66% of districts in the state B−Upper TownshipBetter than 48% of districts in the state

Health

CNorwalkHealthier than 32% of U.S. towns D−Upper TownshipHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns

16Norwalk

4Upper Township

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #38#884 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #228#944 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #612#23 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #521#976 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 221 towns #105#199 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #400#841 HealthiestHealth · 1041 towns #577#1014 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #286#545

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

NorwalkUpper Township

Snow a year33″6″

January low19°F 25°F

July high83°F 86°F

Growing season (days)183d 196d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 81st

Outdoors & history

NorwalkUpper Township

Trails7 mi 0 mi

Conserved land9.1%5.6%

Settled1817 —

National Register places6 —

Archive photos—2

Community

NorwalkUpper Township

Library hours a week50 hrs 54 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

187 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

NorwalkOH Upper TownshipLawrence County

Norwalk ↔ Upper Township187 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

NorwalkUpper Township

People

Population 17,095Highest 14,088Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.3%Highest OH: +2.3% -6.3%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 39.5±2.6Lowest about the OH average 40.3±2.5Highest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 24%±2.8Highest OH: 22% 20.9%±2.7Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 18.1%±2.2Lowest OH: 18.3% 19.3%±2.4Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.4%Highest OH: 31.5% 17.9%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±1.3Highest OH: 5.6% 1.7%±0.7Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,844±$11kHighest 15% below OH $48,548±$4kLowest 32% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $163,300±$8kHighest 24% below OH $113,200±$12kLowest 47% below OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $836±$58Highest 19% below OH $805±$94Lowest 22% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,773Highest 37% below OH $1,098Lowest 61% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.4%±8.3Lowest OH: 45.9% 53.6%±8.1Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 16.3%Lowest OH: 13.3% 22.3%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.1%Highest OH: 67.2% 63%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Highest 2 yrs older than OH 1956Lowest 14 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 10% below OH 22 minHighest 6% below OH

Work from home 5%±2.1Highest OH: 13% 4.9%±2.1Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 29.9%Highest 23.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.14Highest 0.84Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Sandusky (6%)Ironton (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Upper TownshipFew work in Norwalk

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.1%Highest 5.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 6.7 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 55.7Highest 24.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #286 of 624 in OH #545 of 624 in OH

School district Norwalk CityIronton City School District · Dawson-Bryant Local

High school in town Norwalk High SchoolIronton High School

Students per teacherat that high school 21.4Highest 18.0Lowest

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.

Norwalk vs Upper Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $670 more a month in Norwalk

Norwalk places higher on 16 of 20 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

187 miles apart

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