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%

Baraga$1,130/mo

Typical home $173K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.52% · or rent about $495/mo · Housing →

Cassopolis$1,780/mo

Typical home $281K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $823/mo · Housing →

The difference: $650 a month, about $7,800 a year, between Cassopolis and Baraga.

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

Baraga gets 167 more inches of snow a year

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

BaragaCassopolis

Snow a year208″41″

January low7°F 17°F

July high75°F 82°F

Growing season (days)115d 170d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)26th 7th

Outdoors & history

BaragaCassopolis

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land4%5.9%

Settled1843 1831

Archive photos12 10

Famous people born here—4

Community

BaragaCassopolis

Library hours a week—53 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.

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.

Safety

–BaragaNot graded C+CassopolisSafer than 44% of U.S. towns

Health

DBaragaHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns C−CassopolisHealthier than 17% of U.S. towns

Where they are

358 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BaragaMI CassopolisMI

Baraga ↔ Cassopolis358 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

BaragaCassopolis

People

Population 1,939Highest 1,834Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -8.3%Lowest MI: +2% -3.5%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 37±2.4Lowest 8% below MI 39.9±5.9Highest about the MI average

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

Kids under 18 12.2%±2.5Lowest MI: 21.2% 21%±3.8Highest MI: 21.2%

Age 65+ 13.2%±2.8Lowest MI: 18.6% 15.6%±3.7Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 5.8%Lowest MI: 32.4% 12.1%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±3.4Highest MI: 6.1% 2.2%±1.5Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $43,558±$7kHighest 40% below MI $40,781±$9kLowest 44% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $114,600±$16kHighest 51% below MI $110,000±$9kLowest 53% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $495±$70Lowest 56% below MI $823±$115Highest 27% below MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,744Highest 40% below MI $1,455Lowest 50% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 27.8%±15.2Lowest MI: 50.4% 64.8%±12.7Highest MI: 50.4%

Below poverty line 17.2%Lowest MI: 13.2% 20.5%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 49.9%Lowest MI: 73.2% 57.3%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Highest 1 yr newer than MI 1957Lowest 15 yrs older than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 12 minLowest 51% below MI 28 minHighest 14% above MI

Work from home 1.5%±1.5Lowest MI: 13.5% 7.3%±3.5Highest MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 41.8%Highest 8.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 3.3 miLowest 17.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 3.36Highest 1.68Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Baraga Township (44%)LaGrange Township (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CassopolisFew work in Baraga

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4%Lowest 5.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.1 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 33.2Lowest 37.9Highest

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.

Baraga vs Cassopolis

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $650 more a month in Cassopolis

Baraga gets 167 more inches of snow a year

Grades and rankings, side by side

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