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%

Carney$1,180/mo

Typical home $190K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.13% · or rent about $890/mo · Housing →

Applegate$1,350/mo

Typical home $219K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.14% · or rent about $1,063/mo · Housing →

The difference: $180 a month, about $2,100 a year, between Applegate and Carney.

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

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

CarneyApplegate

Snow a year70″41″

January low—13°F

July high—82°F

Growing season (days)—147d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)12th 46th

Outdoors & history

CarneyApplegate

Archive photos8 —

Famous people born here—1

Community

CarneyApplegate

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

287 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CarneyMI ApplegateMI

Carney ↔ Applegate287 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

CarneyApplegate

People

Population 177Lowest 255Highest

Median age 42.5±17.7Highest 6% above MI 39.8±15.8Lowest about the MI average

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

Kids under 18 16.9%±7.9Lowest MI: 21.2% 21.6%±7.9Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 28.2%±13.2Highest MI: 18.6% 17.3%±8.3Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.5%Highest MI: 32.4% 8.2%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.9%±12.8Highest MI: 6.1% 0.8%±4.5Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $48,750±$14kLowest 33% below MI $65,625±$9kHighest 10% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $114,200±$11kHighest 51% below MI $96,500±$6kLowest 58% below MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $890±$113Lowest 21% below MI $1,063±$221Highest 6% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,292Highest 56% below MI $1,097Lowest 62% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 54.5%±100Highest MI: 50.4% 40%±100Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 18.1%Highest MI: 13.2% 12.5%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.9%Lowest MI: 73.2% 83.8%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1961Highest 11 yrs older than MI 1956Lowest 16 yrs older than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 10% below MI 37 minHighest 52% above MI

Work from home 3.1%±7.7Lowest MI: 13.5% 13.8%±8.1Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.5%Highest 1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miHighest 13.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.31Highest 0.08Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Harris Township (18%)Sandusky (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ApplegateFew work in Carney

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 11.7Lowest 12.0Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Carney vs Applegate

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $180 more a month in Applegate

What daily life feels like in each

287 miles apart

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