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%

Denmark Township$1,060/mo

Typical home $166K (Census) · tax rate 1.39% · or rent about $848/mo · Housing →

Hagar Township$1,400/mo

Typical home $238K (Census) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $886/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $4,000 a year, between Hagar Township and Denmark 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.

Report cards

Denmark Township places higher on 11 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.

Schools

BDenmark TownshipBetter than 58% of districts in the state C+Hagar TownshipBetter than 44% of districts in the state

Health

B−Denmark TownshipHealthier than 47% of U.S. towns DHagar TownshipHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns

11Denmark Township

6Hagar Township

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

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #163#640 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #587#181 Most activeHealth · 723 towns #347#679 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #307#635 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #190#511 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #381#688 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #598#354 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #593#308

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

Life in each

Hagar 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

Denmark TownshipHagar Township

Snow a year42″78″

January low15°F 20°F

July high82°F 83°F

Growing season (days)154d 161d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)60th 15th

Outdoors & history

Denmark TownshipHagar Township

Trails1 mi 6 mi

Conserved land0.8%3.9%

Settled1853 1846

Community

Denmark TownshipHagar Township

Library hours a week54 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.

Where they are

163 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Denmark TownshipTuscola County Hagar TownshipBerrien County

Denmark Township ↔ Hagar Township163 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

Denmark TownshipHagar Township

People

Population 2,720Lowest 3,200Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -10.7%Highest MI: +2% -11.7%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 45.8±4.4Lowest 14% above MI 47.4±4.1Highest 18% above MI

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

Kids under 18 18.6%±3.8Lowest MI: 21.2% 22.8%±7.2Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 25.4%±4.7Highest MI: 18.6% 23.9%±4.9Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.2%Highest MI: 32.4% 24%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.6%±2.9Highest MI: 6.1% 3.7%±1.9Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $70,720±$12kHighest about the MI average $67,273±$17kLowest 8% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $166,300±$12kLowest 28% below MI $237,700±$27kHighest about the MI average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $848±$127Lowest 25% below MI $886±$229Highest 22% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,307Highest 21% below MI $1,808Lowest 38% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.6%±23.6Lowest MI: 50.4% 52.1%±34Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 7%Lowest MI: 13.2% 9.4%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.9%Highest MI: 73.2% 76.7%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Highest 3 yrs older than MI 1963Lowest 9 yrs older than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 12% below MI 28 minHighest 14% above MI

Work from home 6.8%±2.6Lowest MI: 13.5% 9.4%±4.9Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.9%Highest 4.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miHighest 13.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.38Lowest 0.44Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Frankenmuth (14%)Benton Township (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Hagar TownshipFew work in Denmark Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 3.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 5.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.8Lowest 14.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #178 of 493 in MI—

School district Reese Public SchoolsHagar Township S/D #6

High school in town Reese High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 19.1 —

Michigan average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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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.

Denmark Township vs Hagar Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Hagar Township

Denmark Township places higher on 11 of 18 MI lists

Hagar Township gets 36 more inches of snow a year

163 miles apart

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