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%

Cannon Township$2,810/mo

Typical home $461K (Census) · tax rate 1.02% · or rent about $1,316/mo · Housing →

Grattan Township$2,180/mo

Typical home $356K (Census) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $1,138/mo · Housing →

The difference: $630 a month, about $7,600 a year, between Cannon Township and Grattan 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

Cannon Township places higher on 14 of 18 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

ACannon TownshipBetter than 93% of districts in the state –Grattan TownshipNot graded

Health

ACannon TownshipHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns BGrattan TownshipHealthier than 62% of U.S. towns

14Cannon Township

4Grattan Township

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #33#414 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #321#611 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #77#344 Most educatedPeople · 723 towns #36#297 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #438#658 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #215#424 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #48#254 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #233#439

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

Where they are

Cannon Township and Grattan Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Cannon TownshipGrattan Township

Cannon Township ↔ Grattan Township6.4 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

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

Cannon TownshipGrattan Township

Snow a year75″66″

January low17°F —

July high82°F —

Growing season (days)157d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)17th 8th

Outdoors & history

Cannon TownshipGrattan Township

Trails55 mi 1 mi

Conserved land7.1%3.2%

Settled1845 1846

Famous people born here—1

Community

Cannon TownshipGrattan Township

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

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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

Cannon TownshipGrattan Township

People

Population 14,450Highest 3,840Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.8%Highest MI: +2% +5.2%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 41.7±2.8Lowest 4% above MI 46.5±7.7Highest 16% above MI

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

Kids under 18 26.5%±4Highest MI: 21.2% 16.5%±3.7Lowest MI: 21.2%

Age 65+ 16.4%±2.3Lowest MI: 18.6% 18.8%±3.6Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 63.8%Highest MI: 32.4% 28.8%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3%±1.4Highest MI: 6.1% 0.6%±0.9Lowest MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $131,956±$13kHighest 81% above MI $111,354±$19kLowest 53% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $460,700±$25kHighest 99% above MI $355,800±$65kLowest 54% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,316±$181Highest 17% above MI $1,138±$35Lowest about the MI average

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,704Highest 62% above MI $3,735Lowest 29% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 21.5%±20.8Highest MI: 50.4% 14%±12.2Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 2.1%Highest MI: 13.2% 1.9%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95%Highest MI: 73.2% 87.2%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1994Highest 22 yrs newer than MI 1991Lowest 19 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 7% above MI 33 minHighest 35% above MI

Work from home 24.2%±5.4Highest MI: 13.5% 9.4%±5.5Lowest MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 3.9%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.22Highest 0.13Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Grand Rapids (25%)Grand Rapids (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Grattan TownshipFew work in Cannon Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.1%Highest 3.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 55.4 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.5 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 12.1Highest 3.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #42 of 493 in MI—

School district Rockford Public Schools—

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.

Cannon Township vs Grattan Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $630 more a month in Cannon Township

Cannon Township places higher on 14 of 18 MI lists

Cannon Township and Grattan Township share a border

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