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%

Paulding Township$780/mo

Typical home $125K (Census) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $842/mo · Housing →

Jackson Township$920/mo

Typical home $154K (Census) · tax rate 0.90% · or rent about $912/mo · Housing →

The difference: $140 a month, about $1,700 a year, between Jackson Township and Paulding 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

Paulding Township and Jackson Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Paulding TownshipJackson Township

Paulding Township ↔ Jackson Township5.3 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Who commutes between them

56 Paulding Township residents work in Jackson Township (3% of its workers)

32 Jackson Township residents work in Paulding Township (3.7% of its workers)

Work & commute in Paulding Township →

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Schools

B+Paulding TownshipBetter than 73% of districts in the state –Jackson TownshipNot graded

Health

C−Paulding TownshipHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns C−Jackson TownshipHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns

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

Paulding TownshipJackson Township

Snow a year24″24″

January low17°F 17°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)175d 175d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 51st

Outdoors & history

Paulding TownshipJackson Township

Trails5 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.3%0%

Settled1848 —

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here3 —

Community

Paulding TownshipJackson Township

Library hours a week52 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

Paulding TownshipJackson Township

People

Population 3,840Highest 1,593Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.6%Lowest OH: +2.3% -1.2%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 37.3±5.6Lowest 6% below OH 52.5±6.2Highest 32% above OH

Kids under 18 25%±4.9Highest OH: 22% 14.9%±5.1Lowest OH: 22%

Age 65+ 18%±3.8Lowest OH: 18.3% 27.7%±5.5Highest OH: 18.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17%Lowest OH: 31.5% 18.1%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3%±1.9Highest OH: 5.6% 2.4%±2.4Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $55,536±$14kLowest 22% below OH $59,167±$19kHighest 17% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $124,700±$16kLowest 42% below OH $153,500±$29kHighest 29% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $842±$42Lowest 19% below OH $912±$126Highest 12% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,507Highest 47% below OH $1,377Lowest 51% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.3%±18.3Lowest OH: 45.9% 52.1%±12.8Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 10.5%Highest OH: 13.3% 7.4%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 69.7%Lowest OH: 67.2% 83.2%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1966Lowest 4 yrs older than OH 1971Highest 1 yr newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 14% below OH 23 minHighest 4% below OH

Work from home 5.5%±3.7Highest OH: 13% 0.3%±0.4Lowest OH: 13%

Work in townworking residents 21%Highest 4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.00Highest 0.59Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Paulding (16%)Paulding (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 3% work in Jackson Township4% work in Paulding Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.9 miHighest 1.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.3Highest 2.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #408 of 624 in OH—

School district Paulding Exempted Village—

High school in town Paulding High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 16.6 —

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.

Paulding Township vs Jackson Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Paulding Township and Jackson Township share a border

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