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%

Union Township$840/mo

Typical home $141K (Census) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $642/mo · Housing →

Green Township$990/mo

Typical home $158K (Census) · tax rate 1.20% · or rent about $1,066/mo · Housing →

The difference: $150 a month, about $1,800 a year, between Green Township and Union 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.

Report cards

Green Township places higher on 11 of 19 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.

Schools

–Union TownshipNot graded B−Green TownshipBetter than 51% of districts in the state

Health

DUnion TownshipHealthier than 5% of U.S. towns DGreen TownshipHealthier than 12% of U.S. towns

6Union Township

11Green Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #19#689 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #440#1015 Lowest obesityHealth · 1041 towns #944#393 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #990#634 Lowest property taxCost of living · 1041 towns #36#318 Highest incomeIncome · 1041 towns #914#754 Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #960#841 HealthiestHealth · 1041 towns #988#877

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

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

Union TownshipGreen Township

Snow a year12″12″

January low22°F —

July high86°F —

Growing season (days)182d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)64th 65th

Outdoors & history

Union TownshipGreen Township

Trails19 mi 17 mi

Conserved land27.9%17.3%

National Register places—3

Archive photos4 4

Community

Union TownshipGreen Township

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.

Where they are

63 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Union TownshipScioto County Green TownshipHocking County

Union Township ↔ Green Township63 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

Union TownshipGreen Township

People

Population 2,583Lowest 3,222Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -8.2%Lowest OH: +2.3% -1.1%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 40.7±15.8Lowest about the OH average 42.3±6Highest 7% above OH

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

Kids under 18 28%±8.1Highest OH: 22% 26.4%±6.1Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 21.6%±7.6Lowest OH: 18.3% 23.3%±5.9Highest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.7%Highest OH: 31.5% 11.1%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±1.5Highest OH: 5.6% 1.5%±1.4Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $53,234±$20kLowest 25% below OH $62,060±$17kHighest 13% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $141,200±$58kLowest 34% below OH $158,100±$24kHighest 26% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $642±$222Lowest 38% below OH $1,066±$93Highest 3% above OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,176Lowest 58% below OH $1,891Highest 33% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 78.8%±100Highest OH: 45.9% 72.1%±31.2Lowest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 26.4%Highest OH: 13.3% 17.7%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.1%Highest OH: 67.2% 82.1%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Highest 13 yrs newer than OH 1980Lowest 10 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 38% above OH 30 minLowest 26% above OH

Work from home 7.1%±5.5Lowest OH: 13% 7.4%±4.6Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.2%Lowest 9.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miLowest 18.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.09Lowest 0.97Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Portsmouth (28%)Logan (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Green TownshipFew work in Union Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 27.9%Highest 17.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 18.8 miHighest 16.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.2Lowest 3.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#394 of 624 in OH

School district —Logan-Hocking Local · Southeast Ohio Classical Academy

High school in town —Logan High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 15.4

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.

Union Township vs Green Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Green Township places higher on 11 of 19 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

63 miles apart

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