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%

Scioto Township$2,530/mo

Typical home $420K (Census) · tax rate 0.92% · or rent about $1,000/mo · Housing →

Delaware$2,640/mo

Typical home $413K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.36% · or rent about $1,286/mo · Housing →

The difference: $110 a month, about $1,300 a year, between Delaware and Scioto 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.

Report cards

Scioto Township places higher on 10 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

–Scioto TownshipNot graded BDelawareSafer than 58% of U.S. towns

Schools

–Scioto TownshipNot graded ADelawareBetter than 90% of districts in the state

Health

A−Scioto TownshipHealthier than 83% of U.S. towns A−DelawareHealthier than 82% of U.S. towns

10Scioto Township

8Delaware

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #947#164 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #596#195 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #835#304 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #611#842 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #265#48 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1041 towns #38#247 Highest incomeIncome · 1041 towns #23#189 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #856#690

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

Scioto TownshipDelaware

Snow a year24″24″

January low21°F 21°F

July high85°F 85°F

Growing season (days)188d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 38th

Outdoors & history

Scioto TownshipDelaware

Trails3 mi 13 mi

Conserved land0.7%6.1%

Settled—1808

National Register places3 24

Community

Scioto TownshipDelaware

Library hours a week39 hrs 50 hrs

Colleges in town—2

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.

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

Scioto TownshipDelaware

People

Population 3,979Lowest 44,589Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +25%Highest OH: +2.3% +18.8%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 37.5±3.8Highest 6% below OH 36.9±1.1Lowest 7% below OH

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

Kids under 18 23.5%±4.7Lowest OH: 22% 23.8%±1.7Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 10.6%±2.8Lowest OH: 18.3% 14.7%±1.3Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 48.2%Highest OH: 31.5% 47.8%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9.3%±3.9Highest OH: 5.6% 7%±1Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $158,920±$21kHighest 123% above OH $99,786±$3kLowest 40% above OH

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $420,400±$32kHighest 96% above OH $318,400±$10kLowest 48% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,000±$497Lowest 3% below OH $1,286±$71Highest 24% above OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,850Lowest 36% above OH $4,326Highest 53% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 25%±100Lowest OH: 45.9% 43.8%±5.1Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 3.6%Lowest OH: 13.3% 7.8%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 98.5%Highest OH: 67.2% 64.7%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2000Highest 30 yrs newer than OH 1995Lowest 25 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 20% above OH 26 minLowest 9% above OH

Work from home 22.2%±6.6Highest OH: 13% 19%±3Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.6%Lowest 16%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miHighest 16.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.30Lowest 0.76Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbus (27%)Columbus (32%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 11% work in DelawareFew work in Scioto Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Lowest 6.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.0 miLowest 12.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 27Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.0Lowest 64.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#377 of 624 in OH

School district —Delaware City

High school in town —Rutherford B Hayes High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 19.4

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

Deciding?

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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.

Scioto Township vs Delaware

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Scioto Township and Delaware share a border

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