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%

Walbridge$1,280/mo

Typical home $203K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.25% · or rent about $1,037/mo · Housing →

Paulding Township$780/mo

Typical home $125K (Census) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $842/mo · Housing →

The difference: $500 a month, about $6,000 a year, between Walbridge and Paulding 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

Walbridge places higher on 11 of 18 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

–WalbridgeNot graded B+Paulding TownshipBetter than 73% of districts in the state

Health

CWalbridgeHealthier than 32% of U.S. towns C−Paulding TownshipHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns

11Walbridge

6Paulding Township

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 1041 towns #441#884 Most walkableOutdoors · 1041 towns #346#736 Cheapest rentCost of living · 999 towns #657#285 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1041 towns #388#763 Highest graduation rateSchools · 911 towns #23#345 Fewest smokersHealth · 1041 towns #319#668 Most activeHealth · 1041 towns #492#801 Fastest growingGrowth · 1036 towns #572#816

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

WalbridgePaulding Township

Snow a year21″24″

January low19°F 17°F

July high84°F 85°F

Growing season (days)186d 175d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th 41st

Outdoors & history

WalbridgePaulding Township

Trails0 mi 5 mi

Conserved land1.6%1.3%

Settled—1848

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here—3

Community

WalbridgePaulding Township

Library hours a week54 hrs 52 hrs

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

67 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WalbridgeOH Paulding TownshipPaulding County

Walbridge ↔ Paulding Township67 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

WalbridgePaulding Township

People

Population 3,034Lowest 3,840Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.3%Highest OH: +2.3% -3.6%Lowest OH: +2.3%

Median age 38.5±7.4Highest 3% below OH 37.3±5.6Lowest 6% below OH

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

Kids under 18 19.2%±5.3Lowest OH: 22% 25%±4.9Highest OH: 22%

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

Age 65+ 24.7%±6Highest OH: 18.3% 18%±3.8Lowest OH: 18.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.5%Lowest OH: 31.5% 17%Highest OH: 31.5%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±4Highest OH: 5.6% 3%±1.9Lowest OH: 5.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $55,469±$23kLowest 22% below OH $55,536±$14kHighest 22% below OH

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $137,600±$27kHighest 36% below OH $124,700±$16kLowest 42% below OH

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,037±$122Highest about the OH average $842±$42Lowest 19% below OH

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,722Highest 39% below OH $1,507Lowest 47% below OH

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 19.9%±15.1Lowest OH: 45.9% 44.3%±18.3Highest OH: 45.9%

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

Below poverty line 13.3%Highest OH: 13.3% 10.5%Lowest OH: 13.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.3%Highest OH: 67.2% 69.7%Lowest OH: 67.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1966 4 yrs older than OH 1966 4 yrs older than OH

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 18% below OH 20 minHighest 14% below OH

Work from home 4.3%±2.8Lowest OH: 13% 5.5%±3.7Highest OH: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.6%Lowest 21%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.26Lowest 1.00Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Toledo (29%)Paulding (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Paulding TownshipFew work in Walbridge

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 4.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 40.7Highest 6.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#408 of 624 in OH

School district —Paulding Exempted Village

High school in town —Paulding High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 16.6

Ohio average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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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.

Walbridge vs Paulding Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $500 more a month in Walbridge

Walbridge places higher on 11 of 18 OH lists

What daily life feels like in each

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