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%

Carmel Township$1,370/mo

Typical home $222K (Census) · tax rate 1.14% · or rent about $1,165/mo · Housing →

Eagle Township$2,030/mo

Typical home $333K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.02% · or rent about $1,425/mo · Housing →

The difference: $650 a month, about $7,800 a year, between Eagle Township and Carmel 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

Eagle 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.

Health

C+Carmel TownshipHealthier than 38% of U.S. towns A−Eagle TownshipHealthier than 78% of U.S. towns

7Carmel Township

10Eagle Township

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

Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #551#209 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #446#124 Most activeHealth · 723 towns #411#91 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #394#89 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #353#50 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #478#248 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #439#233 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #462#600

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

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

Carmel TownshipEagle Township

Snow a year38″37″

January low15°F —

July high82°F —

Growing season (days)164d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)23rd 38th

Outdoors & history

Carmel TownshipEagle Township

Trails0 mi 14 mi

Conserved land1.1%1%

Settled—1872

Archive photos—2

Community

Carmel TownshipEagle 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.

Where they are

20 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Carmel TownshipEagle Township

Carmel Township ↔ Eagle Township20 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

Carmel TownshipEagle Township

People

Population 2,842Highest 2,785Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.6%Lowest MI: +2% +3.9%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 37.4±9.2Highest 7% below MI 37±6Lowest 8% below MI

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

Kids under 18 22.8%±4.5Lowest MI: 21.2% 26.4%±4.5Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 15.7%±3 MI: 18.6% 15.7%±3 MI: 18.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.1%Lowest MI: 32.4% 27.1%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±1.7Lowest MI: 6.1% 6.5%±2.3Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $95,083±$10kHighest 30% above MI $91,582±$18kLowest 26% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $221,800±$21kLowest 4% below MI $257,400±$39kHighest 11% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,165±$92Lowest 3% above MI $1,425±$130Highest 26% above MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,530Lowest 13% below MI $2,614Highest 10% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 18.6%±30.7Highest MI: 50.4% 14.3%±41Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 6.7%Highest MI: 13.2% 3.6%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 93%Lowest MI: 73.2% 94.7%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Highest 13 yrs newer than MI 1979Lowest 7 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 11% below MI 24 minHighest about the MI average

Work from home 13.5%±5Highest MI: 13.5% 12.2%±3.3Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.5%Lowest 3.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13Lowest 0.44Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Charlotte (19%)Lansing (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Eagle TownshipFew work in Carmel Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.1%Highest 1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 13.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.4Lowest 3.3Highest

Michigan average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Carmel Township vs Eagle Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $650 more a month in Eagle Township

Eagle Township places higher on 10 of 17 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

20 miles apart

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