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%

Bennington Township$1,160/mo

Typical home $188K (Census) · tax rate 1.12% · Housing →

Benton Township$1,190/mo

Typical home $201K (Census) · tax rate 0.82% · or rent about $936/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

Bennington Township places higher on 7 of 16 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−Bennington TownshipBetter than 46% of districts in the state –Benton TownshipNot graded

Health

CBennington TownshipHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns CBenton TownshipHealthier than 25% of U.S. towns

7Bennington Township

6Benton Township

Lists won, of 16 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #590#16 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #589#133 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #420#23 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #610#233 Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #125#469 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #426#719 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #478#602 Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #190#68

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

Where they are

186 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Bennington TownshipShiawassee County Benton TownshipCheboygan County

Bennington Township ↔ Benton Township186 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

Bennington TownshipBenton Township

People

Population 3,110Lowest 3,170Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.5%Highest MI: +2% -2.3%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 56.5±4.7Highest 41% above MI 53.6±2.6Lowest 33% above MI

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

Kids under 18 13.4%±6Highest MI: 21.2% 13.2%±3.4Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 26.8%±7.3Lowest MI: 18.6% 32.2%±5.4Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.6%Lowest MI: 32.4% 21.4%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 10.4%±3.7Highest MI: 6.1% 2.5%±1.7Lowest MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $101,078±$18kHighest 39% above MI $68,401±$5kLowest 6% below MI

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $188,100±$55kLowest 19% below MI $200,900±$30kHighest 13% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $936±$505 17% below MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,110Highest 27% below MI $1,645Lowest 43% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±40Lowest MI: 50.4% 32%±34.7Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 3.7%Lowest MI: 13.2% 10.3%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.4%Highest MI: 73.2% 93.7%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1980Lowest 8 yrs newer than MI 1985Highest 13 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 6% above MI 15 minLowest 38% below MI

Work from home 6.1%±4.5Lowest MI: 13.5% 15.8%±6.2Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.9%Lowest 1.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miLowest 28.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.10Lowest 0.13Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Owosso (8%)Cheboygan (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Benton TownshipFew work in Bennington Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Lowest 28.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 99.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 1.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.7Highest 2.6Lowest

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.

Bennington Township vs Benton Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Benton Township gets 49 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs about the same each month

Bennington Township places higher on 7 of 16 MI lists

186 miles apart

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