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%

Versailles$1,850/mo

Typical home $308K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.89% · or rent about $751/mo · Housing →

Lee Township$1,320/mo

Typical home $216K (Census) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $857/mo · Housing →

The difference: $530 a month, about $6,300 a year, between Versailles and Lee 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

Versailles places higher on 15 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.

Health

BVersaillesHealthier than 63% of U.S. towns CLee TownshipHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns

15Versailles

4Lee Township

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 1041 towns #192#960 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #134#843 Most trailsOutdoors · 730 towns #102#484 Most remote workersWork · 1019 towns #789#295 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #23#345 Shortest commuteGetting around · 1041 towns #338#699 Most conserved landOutdoors · 970 towns #549#863 HealthiestHealth · 1041 towns #266#600

Left end = #1 in Ohio. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Versailles’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

VersaillesLee Township

Snow a year26″18″

January low—22°F

July high—85°F

Growing season (days)—168d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)37th 15th

Outdoors & history

VersaillesLee Township

Trails2 mi 5 mi

Conserved land3.2%0.6%

National Register places1 —

Archive photos6 4

Famous people born here5 —

Community

VersaillesLee Township

Library hours a week50 hrs 44 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

138 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

VersaillesOH Lee TownshipAthens County

Versailles ↔ Lee Township138 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

VersaillesLee Township

People

Population 2,715Lowest 2,841Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.2%Lowest OH: +2.3% +4%Highest OH: +2.3%

Median age 46±5.5Highest 16% above OH 43.6±5.7Lowest 10% above OH

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

Kids under 18 19.3%±3.5Lowest OH: 22% 21.1%±6.3Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 22.6%±3.9Highest OH: 18.3% 21.3%±6.4Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 29.5%Lowest OH: 31.5% 30.7%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±3.5Highest OH: 5.6% 3.5%±2.8Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $70,717±$8kLowest about the OH average $81,761±$14kHighest 15% above OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $208,200±$18kLowest 3% below OH $215,600±$45kHighest about the OH average

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $751±$72Lowest 27% below OH $857±$34Highest 17% below OH

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,851Lowest 34% below OH $2,267Highest 20% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 20.2%±7.8Lowest OH: 45.9% 34.5%±34.8Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 5.3%Lowest OH: 13.3% 7.7%Highest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.7%Lowest OH: 67.2% 73.8%Highest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1960Lowest 10 yrs older than OH 1986Highest 16 yrs newer than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 7% below OH 26 minHighest 9% above OH

Work from home 5.6%±5.5Lowest OH: 13% 13.6%±8.5Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 25.4%Highest 6.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miLowest 13.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.79Highest 0.44Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Greenville (7%)Athens (32%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lee TownshipFew work in Versailles

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.2%Highest 0.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.0 miLowest 5.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 68.0Highest 4.6Lowest

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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1 neighbor in Versailles can answer.

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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.

Versailles vs Lee Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $530 more a month in Versailles

Versailles places higher on 15 of 19 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

138 miles apart

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