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 →

Nile Township$1,030/mo

Typical home $169K (Census) · tax rate 0.99% · or rent about $682/mo · Housing →

The difference: $190 a month, about $2,300 a year, between Nile 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.

Where they are

Union Township and Nile Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Union TownshipNile Township

Union Township ↔ Nile Township9.2 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

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.

Health

DUnion TownshipHealthier than 5% of U.S. towns D−Nile TownshipHealthier than 5% of U.S. towns

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 TownshipNile Township

Snow a year12″21″

January low22°F 24°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)182d 182d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)64th 88th

Outdoors & history

Union TownshipNile Township

Trails19 mi 101 mi

Conserved land27.9%76.4%

National Register places—1

Archive photos4 —

Community

Union TownshipNile 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.

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 TownshipNile Township

People

Population 2,583Highest 1,998Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -8.2%Lowest OH: +2.3% -1.6%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 40.7±15.8Highest about the OH average 34.6±19Lowest 13% below OH

Union Township and Nile 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% 21.2%±8.3Lowest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 21.6%±7.6Highest OH: 18.3% 16.5%±4.8Lowest OH: 18.3%

Union Township and Nile 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%Lowest OH: 31.5% 15.8%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±1.5Highest OH: 5.6% 1.3%±1.7Lowest OH: 5.6%

Union Township and Nile 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 $56,941±$16kHighest 20% below OH

Nile 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 $169,300±$48kHighest 21% below OH

Nile 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 $682±$332Highest 34% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,176Lowest 58% below OH $1,683Highest 40% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 78.8%±100Highest OH: 45.9% 7.3%±20.2Lowest OH: 45.9%

Union Township and Nile 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% 16.1%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.1%Highest OH: 67.2% 79%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Highest 13 yrs newer than OH 1981Lowest 11 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 38% above OH 26 minLowest 12% above OH

Work from home 7.1%±5.5Lowest OH: 13% 8%±6.5Highest OH: 13%

Nile 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 5.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.09Lowest 0.43Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Portsmouth (28%)Portsmouth (29%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 27.9%Lowest 76.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 18.8 miLowest 101.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 1.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.2Lowest 1.3Highest

Ohio 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.

Union Township vs Nile Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $190 more a month in Nile Township

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