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%

Philo$930/mo

Typical home $156K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.90% · or rent about $827/mo · Housing →

Bowerston$460/mo

Typical home $75K (Census) · tax rate 1.12% · or rent about $564/mo · Housing →

The difference: $470 a month, about $5,600 a year, between Philo and Bowerston.

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.

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

PhiloBowerston

Snow a year10″26″

January low—20°F

July high—82°F

Growing season (days)—186d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)76th 32nd

Outdoors & history

PhiloBowerston

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1833 1851

Archive photos—8

Famous people born here—2

Community

PhiloBowerston

Library hours a week—38 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

55 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PhiloOH BowerstonOH

Philo ↔ Bowerston55 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

PhiloBowerston

People

Population 683Highest 420Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.8% OH: +2.3% —

Median age 39.4±9.9Lowest about the OH average 40.8±11.8Highest about the OH average

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

Kids under 18 22.3%±4Lowest OH: 22% 22.9%±11.3Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 19.2%±8.4Highest OH: 18.3% 18.8%±7.5Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.4%Highest OH: 31.5% 11.3%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1%±2.1Lowest OH: 5.6% 2.1%±4.7Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $42,344±$26k 41% below OH —

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $109,000±$12kHighest 49% below OH $75,000±$26kLowest 65% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $827±$116Highest 20% below OH $564±$125Lowest 45% below OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $984Highest 65% below OH $839Lowest 70% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 70.7%±100Highest OH: 45.9% 35.8%±27.4Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 21.8%Lowest OH: 13.3% 30.5%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 61.8%Highest OH: 67.2% 59%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1941Lowest 29 yrs older than OH 1953Highest 17 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 35 minHighest 51% above OH 25 minLowest 5% above OH

Work from home 0.7%±1Highest OH: 13% 0%±10.2Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.4%Lowest 3.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.3 miLowest 26.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.63Lowest 0.98Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Zanesville (26%)Dover (7%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BowerstonFew work in Philo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 27.1%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 76.5Highest 35.7Lowest

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.

Philo vs Bowerston

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $470 more a month in Philo

What daily life feels like in each

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