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 →

Wright Township$1,940/mo

Typical home $321K (Census) · tax rate 0.98% · or rent about $1,132/mo · Housing →

The difference: $570 a month, about $6,800 a year, between Wright 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.

Life in each

Wright Township gets 37 more inches of snow a year

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 TownshipWright Township

Snow a year38″75″

January low15°F 17°F

July high82°F 82°F

Growing season (days)164d 157d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)23rd 24th

Outdoors & history

Carmel TownshipWright Township

Trails0 mi 4 mi

Conserved land1.1%1.4%

Community

Carmel TownshipWright Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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.

Report cards

Wright Township places higher on 11 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

–Carmel TownshipNot graded A−Wright TownshipBetter than 79% of districts in the state

Health

C+Carmel TownshipHealthier than 38% of U.S. towns BWright TownshipHealthier than 65% of U.S. towns

6Carmel Township

11Wright Township

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

Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #211#637 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #551#209 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #256#6 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #330#578 Most activeHealth · 723 towns #411#167 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #446#236 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #456#258 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #353#163

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

Where they are

60 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Carmel TownshipEaton County Wright TownshipOttawa County

Carmel Township ↔ Wright Township60 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 TownshipWright Township

People

Population 2,842Lowest 3,192Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.6%Lowest MI: +2% +1.4%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 37.4±9.2Highest 7% below MI 35±3.8Lowest 13% below MI

Carmel Township and Wright 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% 25%±4.1Highest MI: 21.2%

Wright 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%±3Highest MI: 18.6% 14.1%±2.7Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.1%Highest MI: 32.4% 19.3%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±1.7Lowest MI: 6.1% 3.4%±1.4Highest MI: 6.1%

Wright 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 $87,344±$11kLowest 20% above MI

Carmel Township and Wright 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 $321,000±$35kHighest 39% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,165±$92Highest 3% above MI $1,132±$75Lowest about the MI average

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,530Lowest 13% below MI $3,136Highest 8% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 18.6%±30.7Lowest MI: 50.4% 27.1%±30.7Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 6.7%Lowest MI: 13.2% 11.4%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 93%Highest MI: 73.2% 89.5%Lowest 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 22 minHighest 10% below MI

Work from home 13.5%±5Highest MI: 13.5% 4.7%±2.8Lowest MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 0.5%Lowest 6.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miHighest 12.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13Lowest 1.06Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Charlotte (19%)Grand Rapids (17%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.1%Lowest 1.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 3.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.4Lowest 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.

Carmel Township vs Wright Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $570 more a month in Wright Township

Wright Township gets 37 more inches of snow a year

Wright Township places higher on 11 of 18 MI lists

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