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%

Perry Township$870/mo

Typical home $145K (Census) · tax rate 0.89% · or rent about $870/mo · Housing →

Upper Township$690/mo

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

The difference: $180 a month, about $2,200 a year, between Perry Township 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.

Where they are

Perry Township and Upper Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Perry TownshipUpper Township

Perry Township ↔ Upper Township5.0 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Report cards

Perry Township places higher on 9 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−Perry TownshipBetter than 47% of districts in the state B−Upper TownshipBetter than 48% of districts in the state

Health

DPerry TownshipHealthier than 6% of U.S. towns D−Upper TownshipHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns

9Perry Township

7Upper Township

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

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1041 towns #688#884 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #660#480 Best schoolsSchools · 624 towns #451#545 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #346#207 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #236#367 Highest incomeIncome · 1041 towns #853#971 Most affordableCost of living · 1041 towns #167#55 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #969#884

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

Perry TownshipUpper Township

Snow a year6″6″

January low25°F 25°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)196d 196d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)72nd 81st

Outdoors & history

Perry TownshipUpper Township

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—5.6%

Archive photos—2

Community

Perry TownshipUpper Township

Library hours a week—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.

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

Perry TownshipUpper Township

People

Population 6,349Lowest 14,088Highest

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

Median age 35.4±3.6Lowest 11% below OH 40.3±2.5Highest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 24.6%±4.7Highest OH: 22% 20.9%±2.7Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 16.2%±3.1Lowest OH: 18.3% 19.3%±2.4Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.2%Highest OH: 31.5% 17.9%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.4%±2Highest OH: 5.6% 1.7%±0.7Lowest OH: 5.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $56,484±$14kHighest 21% below OH $48,548±$4kLowest 32% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $145,300±$14kHighest 32% below OH $113,200±$12kLowest 47% below OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $870±$160Highest 16% below OH $805±$94Lowest 22% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,292Highest 54% below OH $1,098Lowest 61% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.7%±17.6Lowest OH: 45.9% 53.6%±8.1Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 24.2%Highest OH: 13.3% 22.3%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68.9%Highest OH: 67.2% 63%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 7 yrs newer than OH 1956Lowest 14 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 11% below OH 22 minHighest 6% below OH

Work from home 4.4%±2.8Lowest OH: 13% 4.9%±2.1Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.8%Lowest 23.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.58Lowest 0.84Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Huntington (15%)Ironton (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Upper TownshipFew work in Perry Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 5.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 8.3Lowest 24.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #451 of 624 in OH #545 of 624 in OH

School district Dawson-Bryant Local · South Point LocalIronton City School District · Dawson-Bryant Local

High school in town South Point High SchoolIronton High School

Students per teacherat that high school 12.7Lowest 18.0Highest

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.

Perry Township vs Upper Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $180 more a month in Perry Township

Perry Township and Upper Township share a border

Perry Township places higher on 9 of 18 OH lists

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