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.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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%

Acme Township$2,020/mo

Typical home $338K (Census) · tax rate 0.87% · or rent about $1,490/mo · Housing →

DeWitt$2,070/mo

Typical home $310K (Census) · tax rate 1.70% · or rent about $1,072/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

DeWitt places higher on 12 of 18 MI lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Michigan ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–Acme TownshipNot graded B+DeWittSafer than 73% of U.S. towns

Schools

–Acme TownshipNot graded ADeWittBetter than 92% of districts in the state

Health

A−Acme TownshipHealthier than 82% of U.S. towns ADeWittHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns

5Acme Township

12DeWitt

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

Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #614#380 Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #446#678 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #65#223 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #53#233 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #334#169 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #227#72 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #324#204 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #209#273

Left end = #1 in Michigan. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Acme Township’s rankings →

Where they are

142 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Acme TownshipGrand Traverse County DeWittMI

Acme Township ↔ DeWitt142 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

Acme TownshipDeWitt

People

Population 4,474Lowest 4,777Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.9%Lowest MI: +2% +6%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 41.7±3.7Lowest 4% above MI 41.9±2.5Highest 4% above MI

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

Kids under 18 22.6%±5Lowest MI: 21.2% 24.7%±3.9Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 19.8%±3.5Highest MI: 18.6% 17.9%±4Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 50.3%Lowest MI: 32.4% 51%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.5%±1.1Lowest MI: 6.1% 4.2%±1.4Highest MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $110,281±$12kLowest 51% above MI $110,341±$12kHighest 51% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $338,300±$19kHighest 46% above MI $309,900±$25kLowest 34% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,490±$263Highest 32% above MI $1,072±$119Lowest 5% below MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,957Lowest about the MI average $5,281Highest 82% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 75.1%±76.4Highest MI: 50.4% 30.4%±14.4Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 2.5%Lowest MI: 13.2% 5.6%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.6%Highest MI: 73.2% 82.5%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985 13 yrs newer than MI 1985 13 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 10% below MI 23 minHighest 5% below MI

Work from home 13.2%±5.4Lowest MI: 13.5% 20%±4.1Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.5%Lowest 5.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 9.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.44Lowest 0.46Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Traverse City (35%)Lansing (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DeWittFew work in Acme Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.7%Lowest 15.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 42.6 miHighest 2.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.7 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 14Highest 10Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 11.7Lowest 44.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#79 of 493 in MI

School district —DeWitt Public Schools

High school in town —None in town

Michigan 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.

Acme Township vs DeWitt

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Acme Township gets 51 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs about the same each month

DeWitt places higher on 12 of 18 MI lists

142 miles apart

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