Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: work from home (+100 pts in Spring Valley Township) and conserved land (+40.3 pts in Spring Valley Township).
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.
Spring Valley TownshipTroy Township
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People
Population56Lowest78Highest
Median age51.6±17.7Highest 36% above SD27.2±24.7Lowest 28% below SD
Spring Valley Township and Troy Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 180%±50.5Lowest SD: 24.2%42.3%±31.9Highest SD: 24.2%
Troy Township and Spring Valley Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+39.3%±59Highest SD: 18%16.7%±42.2Lowest SD: 18%
Spring Valley Township and Troy Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.