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%

Applegate$1,350/mo

Typical home $219K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.14% · or rent about $1,063/mo · Housing →

Carney$1,180/mo

Typical home $190K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.13% · or rent about $890/mo · Housing →

The difference: $180 a month, about $2,100 a year, between Applegate and Carney.

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.

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

ApplegateCarney

Snow a year41″70″

January low13°F —

July high82°F —

Growing season (days)147d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 12th

Outdoors & history

ApplegateCarney

Archive photos—8

Famous people born here1 —

Community

ApplegateCarney

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

287 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ApplegateMI CarneyMI

Applegate ↔ Carney287 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

ApplegateCarney

People

Population 255Highest 177Lowest

Median age 39.8±15.8Lowest about the MI average 42.5±17.7Highest 6% above MI

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

Kids under 18 21.6%±7.9Highest MI: 21.2% 16.9%±7.9Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 17.3%±8.3Lowest MI: 18.6% 28.2%±13.2Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8.2%Lowest MI: 32.4% 11.5%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.8%±4.5Lowest MI: 6.1% 7.9%±12.8Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,625±$9kHighest 10% below MI $48,750±$14kLowest 33% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $96,500±$6kLowest 58% below MI $114,200±$11kHighest 51% below MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,063±$221Highest 6% below MI $890±$113Lowest 21% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,097Lowest 62% below MI $1,292Highest 56% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 40%±100Lowest MI: 50.4% 54.5%±100Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 12.5%Lowest MI: 13.2% 18.1%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.8%Highest MI: 73.2% 80.9%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1956Lowest 16 yrs older than MI 1961Highest 11 yrs older than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 37 minHighest 52% above MI 22 minLowest 10% below MI

Work from home 13.8%±8.1Highest MI: 13.5% 3.1%±7.7Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 1%Lowest 1.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 19.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.08Lowest 1.31Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sandusky (13%)Harris Township (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CarneyFew work in Applegate

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 12.0Highest 11.7Lowest

Michigan average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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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.

Applegate vs Carney

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $180 more a month in Applegate

What daily life feels like in each

287 miles apart

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