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%

Powell$3,830/mo

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

Plain Township$4,620/mo

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

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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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

13Powell

6Plain Township

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

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

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

PowellPlain Township

Snow a year24″28″

January low21°F 22°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)188d 191d

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

Outdoors & history

PowellPlain Township

Trails8 mi 28 mi

Conserved land5.4%19.6%

Settled1801 —

Archive photos4 12

Famous people born here4 —

Community

PowellPlain Township

Library hours a week50 hrs 70 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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.

PowellPlain Township

Powell ↔ Plain Township16 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

PowellPlain Township

People

Population 14,451Highest 12,904Lowest

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

Median age 42.8±1.5Highest 8% above OH 42.7±1.9Lowest 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 27.6%±3.1Lowest OH: 22% 30.1%±3.6Highest 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+ 17.6%±3Highest OH: 18.3% 14.2%±2.2Lowest 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+ 78.1%Highest OH: 31.5% 72.7%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±1.7Highest OH: 5.6% 2.9%±1Lowest 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 $195,495±$11kLowest 174% above OH $219,181±$27kHighest 207% 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 $561,500±$26kLowest 161% above OH $723,100±$43kHighest 237% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,194±$379Lowest 112% above OH $2,258±$325Highest 118% 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 31.1%±11.8Lowest OH: 45.9% 34.3%±7.7Highest 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 1.1%Lowest OH: 13.3% 2.1%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 31.7%±4.6Highest OH: 13% 26.5%±4.4Lowest 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 2.8%Lowest 9.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 11.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Plain TownshipFew work in Powell

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.4%Lowest 19.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 8.0 miLowest 27.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 mi 1.4 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Lowest 19Highest

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

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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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.

Powell vs Plain Township

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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