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%

Seal Township$940/mo

Typical home $158K (Census) · tax rate 0.86% · or rent about $806/mo · Housing →

Scioto Township$900/mo

Typical home $157K (Census) · tax rate 0.56% · 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

Seal TownshipScioto Township

Snow a year12″12″

January low22°F 22°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)182d 182d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)65th 8th

Outdoors & history

Seal TownshipScioto Township

Trails10 mi 8 mi

Conserved land0.8%0%

National Register places2 —

Archive photos3 —

Community

Seal TownshipScioto Township

Library hours a week49 hrs —

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

Seal TownshipScioto Township

People

Population 3,368Highest 747Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.3%Highest OH: +2.3% -16.3%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 38.5±3.3Lowest 3% below OH 44.7±15.9Highest 13% above OH

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

Kids under 18 30.5%±7.1Highest OH: 22% 22.4%±6Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 15.2%±4.6Lowest OH: 18.3% 26.4%±9.9Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.4%Highest OH: 31.5% 10.6%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±1.8Highest OH: 5.6% 0%±2.5Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $40,896±$12k 43% below OH —

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $157,700±$32kHighest 27% below OH $157,200±$34kLowest 27% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $806±$123 22% below OH —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,360Highest 52% below OH $878Lowest 69% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.3%±18.6Highest OH: 45.9% 0%±100Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 25.1%Highest OH: 13.3% 18.1%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 57.1%Lowest OH: 67.2% 88.8%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Highest 11 yrs newer than OH 1979Lowest 9 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 6% below OH 39 minHighest 65% above OH

Work from home 2.2%±3.4Highest OH: 13% 0%±4.9Lowest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 11%Highest 8.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miLowest 21.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.25Lowest 5.67Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Waverly (16%)Waverly (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 5% work in Scioto TownshipFew work in Seal Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 10.1 miHighest 7.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 5.6Highest 5.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #562 of 624 in OH—

School district Scioto Valley Local · Pike County Area—

High school in town Piketon Jr/Sr High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 20.7 —

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.

Seal Township vs Scioto Township

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