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%

Ada Township$4,090/mo

Typical home $666K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.07% · or rent about $2,139/mo · Housing →

Scio Township$3,330/mo

Typical home $519K (Census) · tax rate 1.40% · or rent about $1,677/mo · Housing →

The difference: $760 a month, about $9,100 a year, between Ada Township and Scio 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

Scio Township places higher on 9 of 19 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.

Schools

A+Ada TownshipBetter than 96% of districts in the state A+Scio TownshipBetter than 96% of districts in the state

Health

A+Ada TownshipHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns A+Scio TownshipHealthier than 98% of U.S. towns

8Ada Township

9Scio Township

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

Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #90#711 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #116#242 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #111#10 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #185#109 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #309#262 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #42#3 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #682#653 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #179#197

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

Ada TownshipScio Township

Snow a year66″61″

January low—16°F

July high—84°F

Growing season (days)—160d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)29th 17th

Outdoors & history

Ada TownshipScio Township

Trails31 mi 25 mi

Conserved land10.2%9.8%

National Register places1 1

Archive photos15 24

Famous people born here5 —

Community

Ada TownshipScio Township

Library hours a week46 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

96 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Ada TownshipKent County Scio TownshipWashtenaw County

Ada Township ↔ Scio Township96 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 Michigan average

Ada TownshipScio Township

People

Population 14,524Lowest 17,725Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +9.5%Highest MI: +2% -12.6%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 41.5±2.1Lowest 3% above MI 42.6±2.3Highest 6% above MI

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

Kids under 18 28.1%±4.9Highest MI: 21.2% 25.6%±3.2Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 15.6%±2.3Lowest MI: 18.6% 19%±2.2Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 71.9%Highest MI: 32.4% 70.6%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±2.1Lowest MI: 6.1% 5.8%±1.7Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $168,468±$24kHighest 131% above MI $129,816±$13kLowest 78% above MI

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $544,700±$58kHighest 135% above MI $519,100±$43kLowest 124% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,139±$360Highest 89% above MI $1,677±$104Lowest 49% above MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,831Lowest 101% above MI $7,283Highest 151% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.6%±20.1Lowest MI: 50.4% 53.4%±15.3Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 2%Lowest MI: 13.2% 6.4%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 92.8%Highest MI: 73.2% 81.9%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1994 22 yrs newer than MI 1994 22 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 19% below MI 22 minHighest 8% below MI

Work from home 17.2%±4Lowest MI: 13.5% 27.7%±4.7Highest MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 9.9%Highest 7.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 mi 8.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.14Lowest 1.31Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Grand Rapids (25%)Ann Arbor (37%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Scio TownshipFew work in Ada Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 10.2%Highest 9.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 31.2 miHighest 25.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 mi 0.8 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 17Lowest 21Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 13.9Lowest 26.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #8 of 493 in MI #12 of 493 in MI

School district Forest Hills Public SchoolsHoney Creek Community School · Dexter Community School District

High school in town Central High SchoolDexter High School

Students per teacherat that high school 18.2Highest 13.6Lowest

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.

Ada Township vs Scio Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $760 more a month in Ada Township

Scio Township places higher on 9 of 19 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

96 miles apart

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