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%

Somerville$890/mo

Typical home $132K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $488/mo · Housing →

Claypool$1,380/mo

Typical home $243K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.51% · or rent about $1,098/mo · Housing →

The difference: $490 a month, about $5,900 a year, between Claypool and Somerville.

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

SomervilleClaypool

Snow a year12″32″

January low21°F —

July high88°F —

Growing season (days)194d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 15th

Outdoors & history

SomervilleClaypool

Settled—1873

Archive photos4 5

Famous people born here—1

Community

SomervilleClaypool

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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.

Where they are

212 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SomervilleIN ClaypoolIN

Somerville ↔ Claypool212 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 Indiana average

SomervilleClaypool

People

Population 243Lowest 318Highest

Median age 39.1±10.4Lowest about the IN average 39.3±8Highest 3% above IN

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

Kids under 18 23.5%±13.2Lowest IN: 23.3% 23.6%±6.8Highest IN: 23.3%

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

Age 65+ 13.6%±6.3Lowest IN: 16.8% 14.8%±7.3Highest IN: 16.8%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.8%Lowest IN: 29.5% 12.5%Highest IN: 29.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.4%±5.5Lowest IN: 5.8% 1.6%±4.4Highest IN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,208±$17kLowest 16% below IN $60,417±$15kHighest 16% below IN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $96,100±$17kLowest 56% below IN $110,800±$25kHighest 49% below IN

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $488±$190Lowest 54% below IN $1,098±$58Highest 3% above IN

Property taxmedian, yearly — $564 65% below IN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest IN: 48.1% 57.9%±75.8Highest IN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 11.3%Lowest IN: 12.3% 13.8%Highest IN: 12.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.4%Lowest IN: 70.6% 83.2%Highest IN: 70.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1958Highest 18 yrs older than IN 1938Lowest 38 yrs older than IN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 20% above IN 29 minLowest 19% above IN

Work from home 1%±2.9Lowest IN: 10.7% 9.2%±9.2Highest IN: 10.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.08Highest 0.05Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Patoka Township (20%)Warsaw (34%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ClaypoolFew work in Somerville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 95.4Highest 79.4Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Somerville vs Claypool

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $490 more a month in Claypool

What daily life feels like in each

212 miles apart

What matters to you?

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