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%

Ohio Township$1,200/mo

Typical home $194K (Census) · tax rate 1.13% · or rent about $939/mo · Housing →

Pierce Township$1,750/mo

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

The difference: $550 a month, about $6,600 a year, between Pierce Township and Ohio 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

Pierce Township places higher on 14 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

–Ohio TownshipNot graded B+Pierce TownshipSafer than 71% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+Ohio TownshipBetter than 66% of districts in the state BPierce TownshipBetter than 60% of districts in the state

Health

COhio TownshipHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns B−Pierce TownshipHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns

5Ohio Township

14Pierce Township

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #594#188 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #813#297 Most remote workersWork · 1019 towns #705#238 Lowest property taxCost of living · 1041 towns #421#802 Most affordableCost of living · 1041 towns #445#802 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #636#933 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #668#400 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #443#289

Left end = #1 in Ohio. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Ohio Township’s rankings →

Where they are

Ohio Township and Pierce Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Ohio TownshipPierce Township

Ohio Township ↔ Pierce Township3.8 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.

Seasons

Ohio TownshipPierce Township

Snow a year23″23″

January low23°F 23°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)188d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)81st 13th

Outdoors & history

Ohio TownshipPierce Township

Trails1 mi 15 mi

Conserved land0.8%6.2%

Settled—1853

National Register places—2

Archive photos2 —

Community

Ohio TownshipPierce Township

Library hours a week48 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.

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

Ohio TownshipPierce Township

People

Population 5,259Lowest 15,295Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.6%Highest OH: +2.3% +5.2%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 43.8±3.3Highest 10% above OH 40.8±1.8Lowest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 21.3%±3.7Lowest OH: 22% 21.5%±3Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 18.3%±4.7Lowest OH: 18.3% 22.3%±2.5Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.9%Lowest OH: 31.5% 35.2%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±1.6Highest OH: 5.6% 2.5%±0.9Lowest OH: 5.6%

Ohio Township 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 $73,289±$23kLowest about the OH average $89,577±$5kHighest 25% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $194,000±$41kLowest 10% below OH $277,400±$31kHighest 29% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $939±$397Lowest 9% below OH $1,126±$146Highest 9% above OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,196Lowest 22% below OH $3,588Highest 27% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 40.6%±12Highest OH: 45.9% 31.8%±10.9Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 14.3%Highest OH: 13.3% 8.3%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.7%Lowest OH: 67.2% 78%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Lowest 15 yrs newer than OH 1990Highest 20 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 6% above OH 31 minHighest 31% above OH

Work from home 6.8%±3.2Lowest OH: 13% 15.2%±3.3Highest OH: 13%

Work in townworking residents 5.9%Highest 2.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.28Highest 0.23Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Cincinnati (17%)Cincinnati (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Pierce TownshipFew work in Ohio Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 6.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.3 miLowest 14.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Lowest 10Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 12.5Lowest 16.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #443 of 624 in OH #289 of 624 in OH

School district New Richmond Exempted Village · New Richmond Preparatory AcademyNew Richmond Exempted Village · West Clermont Local

High school in town New Richmond High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 17.9 —

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

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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.

Ohio Township vs Pierce Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $550 more a month in Pierce Township

Pierce Township places higher on 14 of 19 OH lists

Ohio Township and Pierce Township share a border

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