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%

Alpine Township$2,520/mo

Typical home $404K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.20% · or rent about $1,172/mo · Housing →

Comstock Park$1,900/mo

Typical home $307K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.13% · or rent about $1,189/mo · Housing →

The difference: $620 a month, about $7,500 a year, between Alpine Township and Comstock Park.

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.

Where they are

Alpine Township and Comstock Park share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Alpine TownshipComstock Park

Alpine Township ↔ Comstock Park3.9 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

176 Comstock Park residents work in Alpine Township (3.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Comstock Park →

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

B+Alpine TownshipBetter than 70% of districts in the state –Comstock ParkNot graded

Health

B+Alpine TownshipHealthier than 68% of U.S. towns –Comstock ParkNot graded

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

Alpine TownshipComstock Park

Snow a year75″75″

January low17°F 17°F

July high82°F 82°F

Growing season (days)157d 157d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)5th 8th

Outdoors & history

Alpine TownshipComstock Park

Trails5 mi 0 mi

Conserved land3.2%13.9%

Settled1847 —

Archive photos—10

Community

Alpine TownshipComstock Park

Library hours a week38 hrs 43 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.

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

Alpine TownshipComstock Park

People

Population 14,040Highest 10,577Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.6%Highest MI: +2% +4.1%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 36.9±2.3Highest 8% below MI 34.7±2.5Lowest 14% below MI

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

Kids under 18 21.9%±3Lowest MI: 21.2% 22.3%±3.7Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 15.4%±2.9Lowest MI: 18.6% 16.2%±3.5Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.3%Highest MI: 32.4% 26%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.1%±1.4Highest MI: 6.1% 5%±1.6Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $67,807±$13kHighest 7% below MI $59,984±$7kLowest 18% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $233,900±$12kLowest about the MI average $235,300±$9kHighest about the MI average

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,172±$45Lowest 4% above MI $1,189±$48Highest 5% above MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,807Highest 3% below MI $2,669Lowest 8% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.4%±12Lowest MI: 50.4% 54.8%±12.6Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 11.2%Lowest MI: 13.2% 11.8%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.1%Highest MI: 73.2% 48.7%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 21 minHighest 12% below MI 21 minLowest 13% below MI

Work from home 7.2%±3.3Highest MI: 13.5% 5.7%±2.5Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.1%Highest 3.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 mi 9.8 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.73Highest 0.52Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Grand Rapids (24%)Grand Rapids (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Comstock Park4% work in Alpine Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.2%Lowest 13.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.8 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 7.7Lowest 44.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #348 of 493 in MI—

School district Comstock Park Public Schools · Kenowa Hills Public Schools—

High school in town Kenowa Hills High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 18.0 —

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.

Alpine Township vs Comstock Park

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $620 more a month in Alpine Township

Alpine Township and Comstock Park share a border

Grades and rankings, side by side

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