#1Napoleon
Henry County · 8,680 peopleCost of living grade, homes cost 2.7 years of area income·Overall B+ · #307 of 987 in OH
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Napoleon, #1 on this list · Photo: Christopher L. Riley · CC BY-SA 4.0Napoleon ranks first on cost of living among Ohio’s 993 towns of 2,500+; 261 of the 993 grade A− or better on cost of living nationally.
The Cost of living grade: home values, rent and property-tax bills against the income of the town’s metro area or county, and the share of households paying 30%+ of income for housing (Census ACS). How grades work
#1Cost of living grade, homes cost 2.7 years of area income·Overall B+ · #307 of 987 in OH
#2Cost of living grade, homes cost 2.7 years of area income·Overall A · #74 of 987 in OH
#3Cost of living grade, homes cost 2.1 years of area income·Overall C · #783 of 987 in OH
Cost of living grade, best first (the letter is national). Towns with the same score share a rank; the overall grade and state rank are beside each.
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Napoleon (Henry County) ranks first on cost of living among 993 towns, with an A+; St. Marys and Wellston follow.
The Cost of living grade: home values, rent and property-tax bills against the income of the town’s metro area or county, and the share of households paying 30%+ of income for housing (Census ACS). Towns are sorted on the grade’s score; the letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents with a cost of living grade (993 in Ohio). Smaller towns have the grade on their page but no rank. Every town is on the Ohio page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.