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%

Plain Township$4,620/mo

Typical home $723K (Census) · tax rate 1.38%+ · or rent about $2,258/mo · Housing →

Montgomery$4,470/mo

Typical home $682K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.58% · or rent about $1,605/mo · Housing →

The difference: $150 a month, about $1,800 a year, between Plain Township and Montgomery.

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; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Report cards

Montgomery places higher on 11 of 20 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

–Plain TownshipNot graded A−MontgomerySafer than 83% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+Plain TownshipBetter than 95% of districts in the state A+MontgomeryBetter than 95% of districts in the state

Health

A+Plain TownshipHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns AMontgomeryHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns

8Plain Township

11Montgomery

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #620#127 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #44#374 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #3#227 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #405#222 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #27#205 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #192#17 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #53#144 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #385#290

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

Plain TownshipMontgomery

Snow a year28″14″

January low22°F —

July high85°F —

Growing season (days)191d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)27th 10th

Outdoors & history

Plain TownshipMontgomery

Trails28 mi 4 mi

Conserved land19.6%5.2%

Settled—1796

National Register places—5

Archive photos12 8

Famous people born here—5

Community

Plain TownshipMontgomery

Library hours a week70 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

101 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Plain TownshipFranklin County MontgomeryOH

Plain Township ↔ Montgomery101 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

Plain TownshipMontgomery

People

Population 12,904Highest 10,855Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +29.8%Highest OH: +2.3% +5.9%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 42.7±1.9Lowest 8% above OH 43.3±4Highest 9% above OH

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

Kids under 18 30.1%±3.6Highest OH: 22% 29.4%±4.6Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 14.2%±2.2Lowest OH: 18.3% 23.4%±3.8Highest OH: 18.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 72.7%Lowest OH: 31.5% 73.5%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±1Highest OH: 5.6% 2.2%±1.1Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $219,181±$27kHighest 207% above OH $150,995±$16kLowest 112% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $723,100±$43kHighest 237% above OH $545,100±$41kLowest 154% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,258±$325Highest 118% above OH $1,605±$200Lowest 55% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+Highest at least 254% above OH $8,614Lowest 205% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 34.3%±7.7Lowest OH: 45.9% 51.8%±10.7Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 2.1%Lowest OH: 13.3% 3.3%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87%Lowest OH: 67.2% 90.1%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2003Highest 33 yrs newer than OH 1976Lowest 6 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 5% below OH 21 minLowest 9% below OH

Work from home 26.5%±4.4Highest OH: 13% 21.7%±3.8Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 9.9%Highest 5.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miHighest 9.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.76Highest 2.16Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbus (47%)Cincinnati (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MontgomeryFew work in Plain Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 19.6%Highest 5.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 27.5 miHighest 4.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 miHighest 0.8 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 19Highest 8Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 33.8Lowest 55.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #58 of 624 in OH #35 of 624 in OH

School district New Albany-Plain LocalSycamore Community City

High school in town New Albany High SchoolSycamore High School

Students per teacherat that high school 16.0Highest 15.3Lowest

Ohio average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Plain Township vs Montgomery

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $150 more a month in Plain Township

Montgomery places higher on 11 of 20 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

101 miles apart

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