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%

Crystal Township$1,250/mo

Typical home $208K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.91% · or rent about $841/mo · Housing →

Pine Grove Township$1,200/mo

Typical home $192K (Census) · tax rate 1.23% · or rent about $842/mo · 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.

Report cards

Pine Grove Township places higher on 13 of 19 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.

Health

C−Crystal TownshipHealthier than 21% of U.S. towns C−Pine Grove TownshipHealthier than 22% of U.S. towns

6Crystal Township

13Pine Grove Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #687#290 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #116#439 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #640#353 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #487#323 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #577#358 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #680#478 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #678#515 Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #624#461

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

Where they are

76 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Crystal TownshipMontcalm County Pine Grove TownshipVan Buren County

Crystal Township ↔ Pine Grove Township76 miles apart

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

Crystal TownshipPine Grove Township

People

Population 2,670Lowest 3,019Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.6%Lowest MI: +2% +1.5%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 43.8±9Lowest 9% above MI 45.1±3.2Highest 12% above MI

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

Kids under 18 18.1%±3.9Lowest MI: 21.2% 20.2%±5.1Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 21.2%±4.7Highest MI: 18.6% 20.1%±3.5Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.3%Lowest MI: 32.4% 22.8%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±1.6Highest MI: 6.1% 1.5%±1Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $56,087±$15kLowest 23% below MI $69,239±$7kHighest 5% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $194,000±$21kHighest 16% below MI $192,200±$41kLowest 17% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $841±$141Lowest 26% below MI $842±$86Highest 25% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,763Lowest 39% below MI $2,359Highest 19% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 62.2%±36.6Highest MI: 50.4% 48%±27Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 10.7%Highest MI: 13.2% 7.4%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 90.9%Lowest MI: 73.2% 91.6%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest same as MI 1983Highest 11 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 42 minHighest 75% above MI 33 minLowest 38% above MI

Work from home 2.9%±2Lowest MI: 13.5% 11.7%±5Highest MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 2.3%Lowest 2.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.3 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13 0.13

Top workplaceoutside town Greenville (7%)Kalamazoo (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Pine Grove TownshipFew work in Crystal Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Lowest 2.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.1 miLowest 1.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.9Highest 3.6Lowest

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.

Crystal Township vs Pine Grove Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Pine Grove Township gets 70 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs about the same each month

Pine Grove Township places higher on 13 of 19 MI lists

76 miles apart

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