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%

Chatham$1,410/mo

Typical home $221K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.37% · or rent about $713/mo · Housing →

Interior Township$580/mo

Typical home $92K (Census) · tax rate 1.32% · Housing →

The difference: $830 a month, about $10,000 a year, between Chatham and Interior 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

Chatham gets 43 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

ChathamInterior Township

Snow a year164″121″

January low8°F 6°F

July high78°F 76°F

Growing season (days)119d 123d

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

Outdoors & history

ChathamInterior Township

Trails2 mi 76 mi

Conserved land20.3%69.4%

Settled1896 —

Famous people born here—1

Community

ChathamInterior 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

101 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ChathamMI Interior TownshipOntonagon County

Chatham ↔ Interior Township101 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

ChathamInterior Township

People

Population 135Lowest 226Highest

Median age 62±5.3Lowest 54% above MI 63.1±6.5Highest 57% above MI

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

Kids under 18 8.9%±19Highest MI: 21.2% 4.4%±11.5Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 43%±14.8Lowest MI: 18.6% 45.6%±1.6Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20%Highest MI: 32.4% 14.7%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.2%±8.9Highest MI: 6.1% 0%±6.9Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $48,438±$24kHighest 34% below MI $42,500±$18kLowest 42% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $131,300±$61kHighest 43% below MI $92,000±$10kLowest 60% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $713±$40 37% below MI —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,800Highest 38% below MI $1,211Lowest 58% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 100%±100Highest MI: 50.4% 0%±100Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 15.7%Lowest MI: 13.2% 19.5%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.9%Lowest MI: 73.2% 87.7%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1965Lowest 7 yrs older than MI 1976Highest 4 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 18% below MI 29 minHighest 19% above MI

Work from home 2.4%±4.8Highest MI: 13.5% 0%±14.3Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.8%Highest 2.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.8 miLowest 39.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.07Highest 0.10Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Munising (29%)Watersmeet Township (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Interior TownshipFew work in Chatham

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 20.3%Lowest 69.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miLowest 75.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.9Highest 0.7Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Chatham vs Interior Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $830 more a month in Chatham

Chatham gets 43 more inches of snow a year

101 miles apart

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