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%

Almira Township$1,680/mo

Typical home $285K (Census) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $1,401/mo · Housing →

Aurelius Township$1,690/mo

Typical home $262K (Census) · tax rate 1.46% · or rent about $1,596/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

Aurelius 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

–Almira TownshipNot graded A−Aurelius TownshipBetter than 76% of districts in the state

Health

B+Almira TownshipHealthier than 71% of U.S. towns B+Aurelius TownshipHealthier than 74% of U.S. towns

6Almira Township

9Aurelius Township

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #532#85 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #101#435 Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #214#603 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #262#627 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #367#118 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #348#115 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #475#680 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #329#147

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

Where they are

165 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Almira TownshipBenzie County Aurelius TownshipIngham County

Almira Township ↔ Aurelius Township165 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

Almira TownshipAurelius Township

People

Population 3,933Lowest 4,370Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.3%Lowest MI: +2% +23.5%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 40.7±2.4Lowest about the MI average 43.6±2Highest 8% above MI

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

Kids under 18 21.9%±3.7Highest MI: 21.2% 21.4%±4.9Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 19%±4.2Highest MI: 18.6% 16.3%±3.4Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43.9%Lowest MI: 32.4% 44.5%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±2.1Lowest MI: 6.1% 6.9%±3Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $90,278±$11kLowest 24% above MI $95,455±$11kHighest 31% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $284,600±$31kHighest 23% above MI $261,800±$12kLowest 13% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,401±$397Lowest 24% above MI $1,596±$743Highest 41% above MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,204Lowest 24% below MI $3,831Highest 32% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35.6%±12.6Lowest MI: 50.4% 59.4%±19.4Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 3.4%Highest MI: 13.2% 1.7%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.2%Lowest MI: 73.2% 93.9%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1994Highest 22 yrs newer than MI 1977Lowest 5 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest about the MI average 21 minLowest 15% below MI

Work from home 10.4%±4.1Lowest MI: 13.5% 16.9%±5.4Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.3%Highest 2.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miLowest 12.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13Highest 0.12Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Traverse City (32%)Lansing (27%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Aurelius TownshipFew work in Almira Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Lowest 13.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 49.7 miHighest 6.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 14Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 5.2Highest 2.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#183 of 493 in MI

School district —Mason Public Schools (Ingham)

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.

Almira Township vs Aurelius Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Almira Township gets 107 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs about the same each month

Aurelius Township places higher on 9 of 19 MI lists

165 miles apart

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