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 →

Walbridge$1,280/mo

Typical home $203K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.25% · or rent about $1,037/mo · Housing →

The difference: $500 a month, about $6,000 a year, between Walbridge 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.

Report cards

Walbridge places higher on 11 of 18 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.

Schools

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

Health

C−Paulding TownshipHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns CWalbridgeHealthier than 32% of U.S. towns

6Paulding Township

11Walbridge

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1041 towns #884#441 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #736#346 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #285#657 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #763#388 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #345#23 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #668#319 Most activeHealth · 1041 towns #801#492 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #816#572

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

Paulding TownshipWalbridge

Snow a year24″21″

January low17°F 19°F

July high85°F 84°F

Growing season (days)175d 186d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 39th

Outdoors & history

Paulding TownshipWalbridge

Trails5 mi 0 mi

Conserved land1.3%1.6%

Settled1848 —

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here3 —

Community

Paulding TownshipWalbridge

Library hours a week52 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

67 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Paulding TownshipPaulding County WalbridgeOH

Paulding Township ↔ Walbridge67 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

Paulding TownshipWalbridge

People

Population 3,840Highest 3,034Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.6%Lowest OH: +2.3% -0.3%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 37.3±5.6Lowest 6% below OH 38.5±7.4Highest 3% below OH

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

Kids under 18 25%±4.9Highest OH: 22% 19.2%±5.3Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 18%±3.8Lowest OH: 18.3% 24.7%±6Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17%Highest OH: 31.5% 15.5%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3%±1.9Lowest OH: 5.6% 4.1%±4Highest OH: 5.6%

Walbridge and Paulding 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±$14kHighest 22% below OH $55,469±$23kLowest 22% below OH

Paulding Township and Walbridge 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 $137,600±$27kHighest 36% below OH

Walbridge 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 $1,037±$122Highest about the OH average

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,507Lowest 47% below OH $1,722Highest 39% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.3%±18.3Highest OH: 45.9% 19.9%±15.1Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

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

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 69.7%Lowest OH: 67.2% 74.3%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1966 4 yrs older than OH 1966 4 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 14% below OH 19 minLowest 18% below OH

Work from home 5.5%±3.7Highest OH: 13% 4.3%±2.8Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 21%Highest 1.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miHighest 8.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.00Highest 0.26Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Paulding (16%)Toledo (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WalbridgeFew work in Paulding Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Lowest 1.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.9 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.3Lowest 40.7Highest

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

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.

Paulding Township vs Walbridge

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $500 more a month in Walbridge

Walbridge places higher on 11 of 18 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

67 miles apart

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