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%

Pierce Township$1,750/mo

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

Monroe$2,250/mo

Typical home $357K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.27% · or rent about $1,608/mo · Housing →

The difference: $500 a month, about $6,000 a year, between Monroe and Pierce 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

Monroe places higher on 11 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

B+Pierce TownshipSafer than 71% of U.S. towns B−MonroeSafer than 49% of U.S. towns

Schools

BPierce TownshipBetter than 60% of districts in the state –MonroeNot graded

Health

B−Pierce TownshipHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns B+MonroeHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns

7Pierce Township

11Monroe

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #188#640 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #297#792 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #933#468 SafestSafety · 262 towns #75#156 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #228#496 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #433#177 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #239#38 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #747#936

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

Pierce TownshipMonroe

Snow a year23″10″

January low23°F —

July high86°F —

Growing season (days)188d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)13th 26th

Outdoors & history

Pierce TownshipMonroe

Trails15 mi 1 mi

Conserved land6.2%0.9%

Settled1853 —

National Register places2 1

Famous people born here—7

Community

Pierce TownshipMonroe

Library hours a week48 hrs 50 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

30 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pierce TownshipMonroe

Pierce Township ↔ Monroe30 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

Pierce TownshipMonroe

People

Population 15,295Lowest 15,401Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.2%Lowest OH: +2.3% +23.9%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 40.8±1.8Highest about the OH average 36.5±1.5Lowest 8% below OH

Kids under 18 21.5%±3Lowest OH: 22% 29%±3.5Highest OH: 22%

Age 65+ 22.3%±2.5Highest OH: 18.3% 13.9%±2.1Lowest OH: 18.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.2%Lowest OH: 31.5% 39.4%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.5%±0.9Lowest OH: 5.6% 4.7%±1.4Highest OH: 5.6%

Monroe 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 $89,577±$5kLowest 25% above OH $105,250±$6kHighest 47% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $277,400±$31kLowest 29% above OH $282,400±$16kHighest 31% above OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,126±$146Lowest 9% above OH $1,608±$153Highest 56% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,588Lowest 27% above OH $3,592Highest 27% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 31.8%±10.9Lowest OH: 45.9% 56.5%±14Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 8.3%Highest OH: 13.3% 4.5%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78%Lowest OH: 67.2% 80.9%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1990Lowest 20 yrs newer than OH 2001Highest 31 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 31% above OH 23 minLowest about the OH average

Work from home 15.2%±3.3Lowest OH: 13% 16.5%±5.5Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.6%Lowest 8.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miHighest 11.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.23Lowest 1.53Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Cincinnati (21%)West Chester Township (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MonroeFew work in Pierce Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.2%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 14.6 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Highest 6Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 16.4Lowest 28.7Highest

Schools

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

School district New Richmond Exempted Village · West Clermont Local—

High school in town None in town—

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.

Pierce Township vs Monroe

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $500 more a month in Monroe

Monroe places higher on 11 of 19 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

30 miles apart

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