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%

Comins Township$1,000/mo

Typical home $167K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.92% · or rent about $615/mo · Housing →

Springville Township$800/mo

Typical home $132K (Census) · tax rate 0.98% · or rent about $1,115/mo · Housing →

The difference: $210 a month, about $2,500 a year, between Comins Township and Springville 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

Springville Township gets 36 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

Comins TownshipSpringville Township

Snow a year57″93″

January low11°F —

July high81°F —

Growing season (days)133d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)4th 8th

Outdoors & history

Comins TownshipSpringville Township

Trails87 mi 56 mi

Conserved land20.5%31.9%

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Community

Comins TownshipSpringville Township

Library hours a week24 hrs 43 hrs

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

AComins TownshipBetter than 85% of districts in the state BSpringville TownshipBetter than 56% of districts in the state

Health

C−Comins TownshipHealthier than 18% of U.S. towns C−Springville TownshipHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns

Where they are

90 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Comins TownshipOscoda County Springville TownshipWexford County

Comins Township ↔ Springville Township90 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

Comins TownshipSpringville Township

People

Population 1,861Highest 1,559Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6.6%Lowest MI: +2% -0.9%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 41.6±5.3Highest 3% above MI 40.5±4.1Lowest about the MI average

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

Kids under 18 28.2%±3.3Highest MI: 21.2% 25%±3.9Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 24.7%±2.9Highest MI: 18.6% 16.5%±2.1Lowest MI: 18.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.8%Lowest MI: 32.4% 14.4%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.4%±1.1Lowest MI: 6.1% 2.3%±1.4Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $52,500±$5kHighest 28% below MI $46,875±$10kLowest 36% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $120,800±$11kLowest 48% below MI $131,500±$11kHighest 43% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $615±$201Lowest 46% below MI $1,115±$126Highest about the MI average

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,109Lowest 62% below MI $1,291Highest 56% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35.1%±14.7Lowest MI: 50.4% 55.7%±36.5Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 14.2%Lowest MI: 13.2% 24.8%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.9%Highest MI: 73.2% 82.3%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Lowest 4 yrs newer than MI 1981Highest 9 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 3% above MI 32 minHighest 32% above MI

Work from home 14.6%±5.2Highest MI: 13.5% 2.9%±1.9Lowest MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 20.4%Highest 5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.3 miHighest 24.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.97Highest 0.60Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Big Creek Township (8%)Traverse City (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Springville TownshipFew work in Comins Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 20.5%Lowest 31.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 86.9 miHighest 56.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.2 miLowest 1.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.9Lowest 4.4Highest

Schools

School district —Mesick Consolidated Schools

High school in town —Mesick Consolidated JrSr High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 17.4

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.

Comins Township vs Springville Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $210 more a month in Comins Township

Springville Township gets 36 more inches of snow a year

Grades and rankings, side by side

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