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 →

Rush Township$950/mo

Typical home $161K (Census) · tax rate 0.81% · or rent about $1,001/mo · Housing →

The difference: $110 a month, about $1,400 a year, between Rush 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 Rush Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Union TownshipRush Township

Union Township ↔ Rush Township4.2 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Who commutes between them

18 Union Township residents work in Rush Township (2.5% of its workers)

Work & commute in Union Township →

Report cards

Union Township places higher on 12 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 C+Rush TownshipBetter than 37% of districts in the state

Health

DUnion TownshipHealthier than 5% of U.S. towns D−Rush TownshipHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns

12Union Township

4Rush Township

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #18#806 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #19#615 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #1039#842 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #332#446 Most remote workersWork · 1019 towns #686#837 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #440#311 Most affordableCost of living · 1041 towns #152#256 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #980#1037

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 TownshipRush Township

Snow a year12″12″

January low22°F 22°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)182d 182d

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

Outdoors & history

Union TownshipRush Township

Trails19 mi 6 mi

Conserved land27.9%0.9%

Archive photos4 4

Community

Union TownshipRush 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 TownshipRush Township

People

Population 2,583Lowest 2,846Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -8.2%Lowest OH: +2.3% -7.3%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 40.7±15.8Lowest about the OH average 41.7±4.6Highest 5% above OH

Rush 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% 24.3%±10.2Lowest OH: 22%

Union Township and Rush 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% 20.3%±6.8Lowest OH: 18.3%

Union Township and Rush 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% 12.3%Lowest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±1.5Highest OH: 5.6% 1.5%±2.4Lowest OH: 5.6%

Union Township and Rush 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 $55,925±$14kHighest 22% below OH

Rush 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 $160,800±$76kHighest 25% below OH

Rush 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 $1,001±$336Highest 3% below OH

Rush 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 $1,296Highest 54% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 78.8%±100Highest OH: 45.9% 68%±39.8Lowest OH: 45.9%

Union Township and Rush 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% 19.3%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 1979Lowest 9 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minLowest 38% above OH 43 minHighest 84% above OH

Work from home 7.1%±5.5Highest OH: 13% 4.9%±6.2Lowest OH: 13%

Union Township and Rush 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 3.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miHighest 12.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.09Lowest 0.30Highest

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Rush TownshipFew work in Union Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 27.9%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 18.8 miHighest 5.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.2Lowest 4.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#480 of 624 in OH

School district —Northwest Local

High school in town —Northwest High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 14.9

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 Rush Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Union Township and Rush Township share a border

Union Township places higher on 12 of 19 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

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