Next-door neighbors in Union County. The biggest differences: typical home built (52 yrs in Virginia Township) and bachelor’s degree+ (+25.4 pts in Sioux Valley Township).
A typical home costs $520 more a month in Virginia 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.
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
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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.
Virginia TownshipSioux Valley Township
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People
Population315Highest112Lowest
Median age47.9±7.5Lowest 26% above SD50.7±10.8Highest 33% above SD
Sioux Valley Township and Virginia Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1821.9%±10.9Highest SD: 24.2%0%±25.3Lowest SD: 24.2%
Virginia Township and Sioux Valley Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+18.7%±11.7Highest SD: 18%14.3%±29.3Lowest SD: 18%
Virginia Township and Sioux Valley 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.
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