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 →

Powell$3,830/mo

Typical home $570K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.78%+ · or rent about $2,194/mo · Housing →

The difference: $790 a month, about $9,500 a year, between Plain Township and Powell.

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

Powell places higher on 13 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

–Plain TownshipNot graded A−PowellSafer than 78% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+Plain TownshipBetter than 95% of districts in the state –PowellNot graded

Health

A+Plain TownshipHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns A+PowellHealthier than 98% of U.S. towns

6Plain Township

13Powell

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #620#273 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #44#362 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #405#64 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #3#227 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #385#590 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #192#1 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1041 towns #38#2 Most remote workersWork · 1019 towns #23#4

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 TownshipPowell

Snow a year28″24″

January low22°F 21°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)191d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)27th 23rd

Outdoors & history

Plain TownshipPowell

Trails28 mi 8 mi

Conserved land19.6%5.4%

Settled—1801

Archive photos12 4

Famous people born here—4

Community

Plain TownshipPowell

Library hours a week70 hrs 50 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

16 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Plain TownshipPowell

Plain Township ↔ Powell16 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 TownshipPowell

People

Population 12,904Lowest 14,451Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +29.8%Highest OH: +2.3% +23.2%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 42.7±1.9Lowest 8% above OH 42.8±1.5Highest 8% above OH

Powell 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% 27.6%±3.1Lowest OH: 22%

Plain Township and Powell 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% 17.6%±3Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 72.7%Lowest OH: 31.5% 78.1%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±1Lowest OH: 5.6% 4.3%±1.7Highest OH: 5.6%

Powell and Plain Township 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 $195,495±$11kLowest 174% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $723,100±$43kHighest 237% above OH $561,500±$26kLowest 161% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,258±$325Highest 118% above OH $2,194±$379Lowest 112% above OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+ at least 254% above OH $10,000+ at least 254% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 34.3%±7.7Highest OH: 45.9% 31.1%±11.8Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 2.1%Highest OH: 13.3% 1.1%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87%Lowest OH: 67.2% 88%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2003Highest 33 yrs newer than OH 2001Lowest 31 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 5% below OH 24 minHighest 4% above OH

Work from home 26.5%±4.4Lowest OH: 13% 31.7%±4.6Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 9.9%Highest 2.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miHighest 11.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.76Highest 0.48Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbus (47%)Columbus (44%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 19.6%Highest 5.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 27.5 miHighest 8.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 mi 1.4 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 19Highest 8Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 33.8Lowest 82.0Highest

Schools

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

School district New Albany-Plain Local—

High school in town New Albany High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 16.0 —

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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Columbus914,802 people · $253K homes

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New Albany10,896 people · $772K homes

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Jerome Township10,270 people · $592K homes

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 Powell

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $790 more a month in Plain Township

Powell places higher on 13 of 19 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

16 miles apart

What matters to you?

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