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%

Sharon Township$2,970/mo

Typical home $440K (Census) · tax rate 1.80% · or rent about $1,239/mo · Housing →

Riverlea$3,960/mo

Typical home $591K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.75%+ · or rent about $1,500/mo · Housing →

The difference: $990 a month, about $11,800 a year, between Riverlea and Sharon 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; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Where they are

Sharon Township and Riverlea share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Sharon TownshipRiverlea

Sharon Township ↔ Riverlea1.5 miles apart · They share a border

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Schools

A−Sharon TownshipBetter than 75% of districts in the state –RiverleaNot graded

Health

ASharon TownshipHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns –RiverleaNot graded

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

Sharon TownshipRiverlea

Snow a year19″19″

January low22°F 22°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)183d 183d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)19th 40th

Outdoors & history

Sharon TownshipRiverlea

Trails14 mi 0 mi

Conserved land19%1.2%

Settled—1939

National Register places—1

Archive photos3 4

Community

Sharon TownshipRiverlea

Library hours a week70 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

Sharon TownshipRiverlea

People

Population 17,018Highest 543Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.5%Lowest OH: +2.3% +9.9%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 43.5±0.8Lowest 10% above OH 44.5±1.6Highest 12% above OH

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

Kids under 18 24.5%±2.3Lowest OH: 22% 29.8%±3.8Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 22.4%±2.4Highest OH: 18.3% 14.9%±3.7Lowest OH: 18.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 72.1%Lowest OH: 31.5% 89.3%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.2%±0.8Highest OH: 5.6% 3.1%±2.7Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $127,434±$9kLowest 79% above OH $161,250±$30kHighest 126% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $440,300±$11kLowest 105% above OH $572,500±$63kHighest 167% above OH

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,239±$178Lowest 20% above OH $1,500±$540Highest 45% above OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $7,921Lowest 181% above OH $10,000+Highest at least 254% above OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46.7%±14.2Highest OH: 45.9% 31.3%±100Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 3.2%Highest OH: 13.3% 1.1%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.6%Lowest OH: 67.2% 91.2%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1963Highest 7 yrs older than OH 1954Lowest 16 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 12% below OH 18 minLowest 24% below OH

Work from home 23.1%±2.6Lowest OH: 13% 30.8%±10.1Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 6.9%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 mi 7.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.88Highest 0.02Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Columbus (52%)Columbus (53%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RiverleaFew work in Sharon Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 19%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 14.0 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 30Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 52.5Lowest 154Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #241 of 624 in OH—

School district Worthington City—

High school in town Thomas Worthington High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 17.3 —

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

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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.

Sharon Township vs Riverlea

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $990 more a month in Riverlea

Sharon Township and Riverlea share a border

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