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%

Pulaski Township$1,060/mo

Typical home $166K (Census) · tax rate 1.39% · or rent about $759/mo · Housing →

Bryan$1,200/mo

Typical home $194K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.13% · or rent about $806/mo · Housing →

The difference: $140 a month, about $1,600 a year, between Bryan and Pulaski 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.

Where they are

Pulaski Township and Bryan share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Pulaski TownshipBryan

Pulaski Township ↔ Bryan1.8 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

283 Pulaski Township residents work in Bryan (24.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in Pulaski Township →

Report cards

Pulaski Township places higher on 11 of 18 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

–Pulaski TownshipNot graded A−BryanSafer than 75% of U.S. towns

Schools

–Pulaski TownshipNot graded B+BryanBetter than 71% of districts in the state

Health

C−Pulaski TownshipHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns DBryanHealthier than 12% of U.S. towns

11Pulaski Township

5Bryan

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #855#132 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #772#330 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #400#668 Lowest property taxCost of living · 1041 towns #459#204 Highest incomeIncome · 1041 towns #670#920 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1041 towns #688#884 Most educatedPeople · 1041 towns #756#893 Most affordableCost of living · 1041 towns #299#163

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

Pulaski TownshipBryan

Snow a year29″29″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)35th 16th

Outdoors & history

Pulaski TownshipBryan

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land1.2%5.7%

Settled—1840

National Register places—3

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—20

Community

Pulaski TownshipBryan

Library hours a week—49 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.

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

Pulaski TownshipBryan

People

Population 2,585Lowest 8,631Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.8%Highest OH: +2.3% +2.2%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 47.4±9.5Highest 19% above OH 43.4±3.3Lowest 9% above OH

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

Kids under 18 22%±6Highest OH: 22% 17.8%±3.3Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 18.7%±4.2Lowest OH: 18.3% 26.4%±4.1Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.6%Highest OH: 31.5% 14.1%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.7%±1.9Lowest OH: 5.6% 5%±1.7Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,959±$9kHighest 6% below OH $52,865±$4kLowest 26% below OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $166,100±$11kHighest 23% below OH $144,400±$17kLowest 33% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $759±$105Lowest 27% below OH $806±$53Highest 22% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,315Highest 18% below OH $1,626Lowest 42% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 17.1%±17.2Lowest OH: 45.9% 45.4%±12.4Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 7.5%Lowest OH: 13.3% 19%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.9%Highest OH: 67.2% 64.8%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Highest 4 yrs newer than OH 1963Lowest 7 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 15 minLowest 36% below OH 16 minHighest 33% below OH

Work from home 2.8%±3.5 OH: 13% 2.8%±1.8 OH: 13%

Work in townworking residents 1.2%Lowest 36.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.28Lowest 1.58Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Bryan (25%)Defiance (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 25% work in BryanFew work in Pulaski Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Lowest 5.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 2.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.5Lowest 68.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#258 of 624 in OH

School district —Bryan City

High school in town —Bryan Middle School/High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 15.7

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.

Pulaski Township vs Bryan

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Pulaski Township and Bryan share a border

Pulaski Township places higher on 11 of 18 OH lists

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