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%

Aurelius Township$1,690/mo

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

Almira Township$1,680/mo

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

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

Health

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

9Aurelius Township

6Almira Township

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

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

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

Where they are

165 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Aurelius TownshipIngham County Almira TownshipBenzie County

Aurelius Township ↔ Almira Township165 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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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

Aurelius TownshipAlmira Township

People

Population 4,370Highest 3,933Lowest

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

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

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 21.4%±4.9Lowest MI: 21.2% 21.9%±3.7Highest 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+ 16.3%±3.4Lowest MI: 18.6% 19%±4.2Highest 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+ 44.5%Highest MI: 32.4% 43.9%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.9%±3Highest MI: 6.1% 4%±2.1Lowest 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 $95,455±$11kHighest 31% above MI $90,278±$11kLowest 24% 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 $261,800±$12kLowest 13% above MI $284,600±$31kHighest 23% 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 $1,596±$743Highest 41% above MI $1,401±$397Lowest 24% 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 $3,831Highest 32% above MI $2,204Lowest 24% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 59.4%±19.4Highest MI: 50.4% 35.6%±12.6Lowest 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 1.7%Lowest MI: 13.2% 3.4%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 16.9%±5.4Highest MI: 13.5% 10.4%±4.1Lowest 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 2.7%Lowest 3.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miHighest 12.3 miLowest

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

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 13.4%Highest 2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 6.5 miLowest 49.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 14Highest

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

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.

Aurelius Township vs Almira 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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