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%

Barry Township$2,040/mo

Typical home $344K (Census) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $919/mo · Housing →

Hope Township$1,380/mo

Typical home $232K (Census) · tax rate 0.81% · Housing →

The difference: $670 a month, about $8,000 a year, between Barry Township and Hope Township.

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

Barry Township places higher on 10 of 17 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

B+Barry TownshipBetter than 73% of districts in the state B−Hope TownshipBetter than 47% of districts in the state

Health

B+Barry TownshipHealthier than 65% of U.S. towns B−Hope TownshipHealthier than 54% of U.S. towns

10Barry Township

6Hope Township

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #670#242 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #588#171 Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #420#132 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #606#367 Most educatedPeople · 723 towns #154#362 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #374#576 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #536#719 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #382#523

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

Where they are

Barry Township and Hope Township share a border

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

Barry TownshipHope Township

Barry Township ↔ Hope Township6.1 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Who commutes between them

65 Hope Township residents work in Barry Township (4.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in Hope Township →

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

Barry TownshipHope Township

Snow a year65″68″

January low17°F 16°F

July high83°F 82°F

Growing season (days)158d 158d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)13th 19th

Outdoors & history

Barry TownshipHope Township

Trails3 mi 4 mi

Conserved land0.5%6.5%

National Register places1 1

Archive photos1 1

Famous people born here—1

Community

Barry TownshipHope Township

Library hours a week46 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

Barry TownshipHope Township

People

Population 3,466Highest 3,187Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.2%Highest MI: +2% -2.6%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 45.2±6.3Lowest 12% above MI 57±6.1Highest 42% above MI

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

Kids under 18 19.4%±5Highest MI: 21.2% 11.5%±5.1Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 19.5%±4.1Lowest MI: 18.6% 26.9%±6.2Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 39.9%Highest MI: 32.4% 26.1%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.8%±4.5Highest MI: 6.1% 3.6%±2.6Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $91,071±$9kLowest 25% above MI $99,427±$18kHighest 36% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $344,100±$30kHighest 49% above MI $232,300±$27kLowest about the MI average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $919±$59 19% below MI —

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,872Highest about the MI average $1,893Lowest 35% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61.9%±45.6Highest MI: 50.4% 0%±81.5Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 8.1%Highest MI: 13.2% 5.6%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.9%Lowest MI: 73.2% 98%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Highest 2 yrs newer than MI 1969Lowest 3 yrs older than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minLowest 17% above MI 42 minHighest 73% above MI

Work from home 6.1%±4.4Lowest MI: 13.5% 14.5%±8.4Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 6.1%Highest 3.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.43Highest 0.16Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Kalamazoo (10%)Kalamazoo (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Hope Township5% work in Barry Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Lowest 6.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.5 miLowest 3.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3 3

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.4Highest 4.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #378 of 493 in MI—

School district Delton Kellogg Schools—

High school in town DeltonKellogg High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 18.9 —

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.

Barry Township vs Hope Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $670 more a month in Barry Township

Barry Township places higher on 10 of 17 MI lists

Barry Township and Hope Township share a border

What daily life feels like in each

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