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%

Plainfield$910/mo

Typical home $153K (Census) · tax rate 0.85% · Housing →

Nottingham Township$900/mo

Typical home $142K (Census) · tax rate 1.33% · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

PlainfieldNottingham Township

Snow a year15″26″

January low20°F 20°F

July high83°F 82°F

Growing season (days)174d 186d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)35th 38th

Outdoors & history

PlainfieldNottingham Township

Trails—11 mi

Conserved land—25.3%

National Register places1 1

Community

PlainfieldNottingham Township

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

29 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PlainfieldNottingham Township

Plainfield ↔ Nottingham Township29 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

PlainfieldNottingham Township

People

Population 192Highest 156Lowest

Median age 63.3±17.9Lowest 59% above OH 73±13.7Highest 84% above OH

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

Kids under 18 10.9%±14.5Highest OH: 22% 8.3%±22.3Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 46.9%±27.5Lowest OH: 18.3% 62.8%±12.3Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 5.8%Lowest OH: 31.5% 7.4%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±4.4Lowest OH: 5.6% 5.1%±11.5Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $55,769±$5kLowest 22% below OH $71,797±$14kHighest about the OH average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $153,200±$44kHighest 29% below OH $142,000±$69kLowest 34% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,304Lowest 54% below OH $1,891Highest 33% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 OH: 45.9% —

Below poverty line 2.1%Highest OH: 13.3% 0%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.3%Lowest OH: 67.2% 93.3%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1953Lowest 17 yrs older than OH 1960Highest 10 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 17 min 28% below OH —

Work from home 3.3%±4.6Highest OH: 13% 0%±68.4Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miLowest 25.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.31Highest 0.07Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Coshocton (20%)Cadiz (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Nottingham TownshipFew work in Plainfield

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.1%Lowest 25.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 11.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 68.9Highest 2.5Lowest

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.

Plainfield neighborsTown Square →

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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.

Plainfield vs Nottingham Township

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Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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