Next-door neighbors in Davison County. The biggest differences: work from home (+24.4 pts in Tobin Township) and homeowners (+25.5 pts renters in Rome Township).
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.
Tobin Township$1,590/mo
Typical home $236K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
Rome Township$1,700/mo
Typical home $276K (Census) · tax rate 1.12% · or rent about $435/mo · Housing →
The difference: $110 a month, about $1,400 a year, between Rome Township and Tobin 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.
Where they are
Tobin Township and Rome Township share a border
Straight-line miles between town centers.
Tobin TownshipRome Township
Tobin Township ↔ Rome Township5.6 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
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.
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.
Tobin TownshipRome Township
Your priorities
People
Population75Lowest185Highest
Median age50.1±14.9Highest 32% above SD41.7±11.2Lowest 10% above SD
Tobin Township and Rome Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1828%±25.4Highest SD: 24.2%20.5%±9.3Lowest SD: 24.2%
Tobin Township and Rome Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+12%±35.8Lowest SD: 18%14.6%±12.3Highest SD: 18%
Rome Township and Tobin 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.