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%

Benton Township$1,190/mo

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

Bennington Township$1,160/mo

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

–Benton TownshipNot graded B−Bennington TownshipBetter than 46% of districts in the state

Health

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

6Benton Township

7Bennington Township

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

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

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

Where they are

186 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Benton TownshipCheboygan County Bennington TownshipShiawassee County

Benton Township ↔ Bennington Township186 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

Benton TownshipBennington Township

People

Population 3,170Highest 3,110Lowest

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

Median age 53.6±2.6Lowest 33% above MI 56.5±4.7Highest 41% 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 13.2%±3.4Lowest MI: 21.2% 13.4%±6Highest 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+ 32.2%±5.4Highest MI: 18.6% 26.8%±7.3Lowest 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+ 21.4%Highest MI: 32.4% 20.6%Lowest MI: 32.4%

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

Cost of living

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $200,900±$30kHighest 13% below MI $188,100±$55kLowest 19% 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 $1,645Lowest 43% below MI $2,110Highest 27% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32%±34.7Highest MI: 50.4% 0%±40Lowest 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 10.3%Highest MI: 13.2% 3.7%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 15.8%±6.2Highest MI: 13.5% 6.1%±4.5Lowest 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 1.4%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.3 miHighest 21.8 miLowest

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

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 28.5%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 99.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Highest 1Lowest

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

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.

Benton Township vs Bennington 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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