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.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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%

Covington Township$810/mo

Typical home $135K (Census) · tax rate 0.90% · Housing →

Bismarck Township$780/mo

Typical home $127K (Census) · tax rate 1.06% · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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.

Where they are

236 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Covington TownshipBaraga County Bismarck TownshipPresque Isle County

Covington Township ↔ Bismarck Township236 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

Covington TownshipBismarck Township

People

Population 379Lowest 413Highest

Median age 60.6±6.5Highest 51% above MI 59.9±3.6Lowest 49% above MI

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

Kids under 18 13.5%±6.5Highest MI: 21.2% 10.2%±5.9Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 39.8%±3.7Highest MI: 18.6% 36.1%±5.3Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.7%Highest MI: 32.4% 12.9%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±2.7Highest MI: 6.1% 0.5%±2.8Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $55,547±$10kLowest 24% below MI $55,875±$9kHighest 23% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $135,100±$25kHighest 42% below MI $126,600±$27kLowest 45% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,218Lowest 58% below MI $1,343Highest 54% below MI

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

Below poverty line 8.2%Highest MI: 13.2% 8%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.9%Highest MI: 73.2% 95.8%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1959Lowest 13 yrs older than MI 1974Highest 2 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 7% below MI 26 minHighest 9% above MI

Work from home 10.6%±9Highest MI: 13.5% 5.2%±7Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.8 miLowest 28.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.21Highest 0.13Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Baraga Township (40%)Rogers City (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Bismarck TownshipFew work in Covington Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 37.6%Highest 22.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 141.7 miHighest 80.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miLowest 1.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Highest 8Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.5Lowest 0.7Highest

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.

Covington Township vs Bismarck Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Covington Township gets 34 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs about the same each month

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