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%

Sebring$830/mo

Typical home $131K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.33% · or rent about $1,233/mo · Housing →

Waverly$1,070/mo

Typical home $181K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.82% · or rent about $976/mo · Housing →

The difference: $240 a month, about $2,900 a year, between Waverly and Sebring.

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

Sebring gets 36 more inches of snow a year

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

SebringWaverly

Snow a year47″12″

January low20°F 22°F

July high84°F 86°F

Growing season (days)184d 182d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)12th 21st

Outdoors & history

SebringWaverly

Trails1 mi 5 mi

Conserved land3.7%2.9%

Settled—1829

National Register places1 1

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here5 3

Community

SebringWaverly

Library hours a week54 hrs 60 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.

Report cards

Sebring 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

C+SebringSafer than 43% of U.S. towns BWaverlySafer than 63% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−SebringBetter than 78% of districts in the state –WaverlyNot graded

Health

CSebringHealthier than 29% of U.S. towns DWaverlyHealthier than 6% of U.S. towns

11Sebring

7Waverly

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #174#937 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #192#841 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #293#849 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #788#345 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #433#848 HealthiestHealth · 1041 towns #616#972 Most activeHealth · 1041 towns #662#1005 Most remote workersWork · 1019 towns #743#438

Left end = #1 in Ohio. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Sebring’s rankings →

Where they are

162 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SebringOH WaverlyOH

Sebring ↔ Waverly162 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

SebringWaverly

People

Population 4,146Highest 4,127Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.2% OH: +2.3% —

Median age 56.6±4.7Highest 43% above OH 50.6±6.8Lowest 27% above OH

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

Kids under 18 13.9%±4.7Lowest OH: 22% 14.3%±4.1Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 35%±6.8Highest OH: 18.3% 27.3%±5.6Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16%Lowest OH: 31.5% 23.4%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.2%±1.7Lowest OH: 5.6% 2.6%±2.1Highest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $49,541±$8kLowest 31% below OH $55,172±$12kHighest 23% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $90,300±$25kLowest 58% below OH $168,900±$9kHighest 21% below OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,233±$811Highest 19% above OH $976±$77Lowest 6% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,200Lowest 57% below OH $1,388Highest 51% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 66.2%±11.8Highest OH: 45.9% 37.3%±11.6Lowest OH: 45.9%

Below poverty line 20.3%Highest OH: 13.3% 15.3%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 45.5%Lowest OH: 67.2% 51.2%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1961Highest 9 yrs older than OH 1960Lowest 10 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 4% above OH 22 minLowest 8% below OH

Work from home 6.3%±8Lowest OH: 13% 10.7%±8.3Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 15.2%Lowest 20.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miLowest 17.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.09Lowest 2.15Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Alliance (15%)Chillicothe (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WaverlyFew work in Sebring

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.7%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 5.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 1.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 61.7Highest 41.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #387 of 624 in OH—

School district Sebring Local—

High school in town Mckinley High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 8.6 —

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.

Sebring vs Waverly

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $240 more a month in Waverly

Sebring gets 36 more inches of snow a year

Sebring places higher on 11 of 18 OH lists

162 miles apart

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