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%

Chocolay Township$1,470/mo

Typical home $247K (Census) · tax rate 0.85% · or rent about $897/mo · Housing →

DeWitt$2,070/mo

Typical home $310K (Census) · tax rate 1.70% · or rent about $1,072/mo · Housing →

The difference: $600 a month, about $7,200 a year, between DeWitt and Chocolay 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

Chocolay Township gets 52 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

Chocolay TownshipDeWitt

Snow a year102″50″

January low12°F 17°F

July high75°F 83°F

Growing season (days)164d 162d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)33rd 48th

Outdoors & history

Chocolay TownshipDeWitt

Trails54 mi 2 mi

Conserved land2.9%15.5%

Settled—1833

Archive photos—9

Famous people born here—3

Community

Chocolay TownshipDeWitt

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.

Report cards

DeWitt places higher on 15 of 20 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.

Safety

A−Chocolay TownshipSafer than 84% of U.S. towns B+DeWittSafer than 73% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−Chocolay TownshipBetter than 82% of districts in the state ADeWittBetter than 92% of districts in the state

Health

BChocolay TownshipHealthier than 61% of U.S. towns ADeWittHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns

5Chocolay Township

15DeWitt

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #188#678 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #698#238 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #310#5 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #474#72 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #594#204 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #443#71 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #449#169 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #344#106

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

Where they are

283 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Chocolay TownshipMarquette County DeWittMI

Chocolay Township ↔ DeWitt283 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

Chocolay TownshipDeWitt

People

Population 5,964Highest 4,777Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.1%Lowest MI: +2% +6%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 43.2±2.6Highest 7% above MI 41.9±2.5Lowest 4% above MI

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

Kids under 18 17%±3.5Lowest MI: 21.2% 24.7%±3.9Highest MI: 21.2%

Age 65+ 22.9%±3.6Highest MI: 18.6% 17.9%±4Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 44.8%Lowest MI: 32.4% 51%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.9%±2.9Highest MI: 6.1% 4.2%±1.4Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $87,167±$12kLowest 20% above MI $110,341±$12kHighest 51% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $246,800±$19kLowest 7% above MI $309,900±$25kHighest 34% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $897±$113Lowest 21% below MI $1,072±$119Highest 5% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,096Lowest 28% below MI $5,281Highest 82% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 56.2%±24Highest MI: 50.4% 30.4%±14.4Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 9.4%Highest MI: 13.2% 5.6%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.3%Highest MI: 73.2% 82.5%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 3 yrs newer than MI 1985Highest 13 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 18% below MI 23 minHighest 5% below MI

Work from home 8.3%±3.1Lowest MI: 13.5% 20%±4.1Highest MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 6%Highest 5.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miLowest 9.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.36Lowest 0.46Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Marquette (46%)Lansing (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DeWittFew work in Chocolay Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.9%Lowest 15.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 53.5 miHighest 2.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 10Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.7Lowest 44.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #162 of 493 in MI #79 of 493 in MI

School district Marquette Area Public SchoolsDeWitt Public Schools

High school in town None in townNone in town

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.

Chocolay Township neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Chocolay Township’s Town Square.

DeWitt neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to DeWitt’s Town Square.

Add a town

Set another town beside Chocolay Township and DeWitt

One tap adds it. Up to 4 towns at once.

Bordering Chocolay Township

+ Compare

Sands Township2,425 people · $259K homes

+ Compare

Onota Township435 people · $331K homes

+ Compare

Harvey2,880 people · $263K homes

+ Compare

West Branch Township1,435 people · $260K homes

Towns like Chocolay Township

+ Compare

Green Lake Township6,744 people · $289K homes

+ Compare

Almira Township3,933 people · $285K homes

+ Compare

St. Joseph Township9,879 people · $249K homes

+ Compare

Acme Township4,474 people · $338K homes

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.

Chocolay Township vs DeWitt

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $600 more a month in DeWitt

Chocolay Township gets 52 more inches of snow a year

DeWitt places higher on 15 of 20 MI lists

283 miles apart

What matters to you?

Ask the people who live there

Set another town beside Chocolay Township and DeWitt

Bordering Chocolay Township

Towns like Chocolay Township

Post to Chocolay Township

Check your email