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%

Danby Township$1,730/mo

Typical home $289K (Census) · tax rate 0.89% · or rent about $891/mo · Housing →

Eagle Township$2,030/mo

Typical home $333K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.02% · or rent about $1,425/mo · Housing →

The difference: $300 a month, about $3,600 a year, between Eagle Township and Danby 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.

Where they are

Danby Township and Eagle Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Danby TownshipEagle Township

Danby Township ↔ Eagle Township6.0 miles apart · They share a border

Report cards

Eagle Township places higher on 12 of 18 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

BDanby TownshipHealthier than 64% of U.S. towns A−Eagle TownshipHealthier than 78% of U.S. towns

6Danby Township

12Eagle Township

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #144#624 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #190#600 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #505#248 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #439#233 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #411#209 Most educatedPeople · 723 towns #472#332 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #526#396 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #217#89

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

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

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

Danby TownshipEagle Township

Snow a year37″37″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)59th 38th

Outdoors & history

Danby TownshipEagle Township

Trails15 mi 14 mi

Conserved land9.4%1%

Settled—1872

Archive photos—2

Community

Danby TownshipEagle 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.

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

Danby TownshipEagle Township

People

Population 2,975Highest 2,785Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.2%Lowest MI: +2% +3.9%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 42.8±4.6Highest 6% above MI 37±6Lowest 8% below MI

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

Kids under 18 22.2%±4.2Lowest MI: 21.2% 26.4%±4.5Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 19.8%±4.1Highest MI: 18.6% 15.7%±3Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.9%Lowest MI: 32.4% 27.1%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±1.5Lowest MI: 6.1% 6.5%±2.3Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $92,768±$18kHighest 27% above MI $91,582±$18kLowest 26% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $288,800±$33kHighest 25% above MI $257,400±$39kLowest 11% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $891±$136Lowest 21% below MI $1,425±$130Highest 26% above MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,576Lowest 11% below MI $2,614Highest 10% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 8%±20.4Lowest MI: 50.4% 14.3%±41Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 3.8%Highest MI: 13.2% 3.6%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.8%Lowest MI: 73.2% 94.7%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Highest 10 yrs newer than MI 1979Lowest 7 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest about the MI average 24 minLowest about the MI average

Work from home 13.7%±6.7Highest MI: 13.5% 12.2%±3.3Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.5%Lowest 3.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.27Lowest 0.44Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Portland (14%)Lansing (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Eagle TownshipFew work in Danby Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.4%Highest 1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 15.1 miHighest 13.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 mi 0.4 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.7Lowest 3.3Highest

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.

Danby Township vs Eagle Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $300 more a month in Eagle Township

Danby Township and Eagle Township share a border

Eagle Township places higher on 12 of 18 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

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