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%

DeWitt$2,070/mo

Typical home $310K (Census) · tax rate 1.70% · or rent about $1,072/mo · Housing →

Acme Township$2,020/mo

Typical home $338K (Census) · tax rate 0.87% · or rent about $1,490/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

DeWitt 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.

Safety

B+DeWittSafer than 73% of U.S. towns –Acme TownshipNot graded

Schools

ADeWittBetter than 92% of districts in the state –Acme TownshipNot graded

Health

ADeWittHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns A−Acme TownshipHealthier than 82% of U.S. towns

12DeWitt

5Acme Township

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

Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #380#614 Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #678#446 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #223#65 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #233#53 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #169#334 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #72#227 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #204#324 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #273#209

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

Where they are

142 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DeWittMI Acme TownshipGrand Traverse County

DeWitt ↔ Acme Township142 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

DeWittAcme Township

People

Population 4,777Highest 4,474Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6%Highest MI: +2% +1.9%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 41.9±2.5Highest 4% above MI 41.7±3.7Lowest 4% above MI

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

Kids under 18 24.7%±3.9Highest MI: 21.2% 22.6%±5Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 17.9%±4Lowest MI: 18.6% 19.8%±3.5Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 51%Highest MI: 32.4% 50.3%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±1.4Highest MI: 6.1% 1.5%±1.1Lowest MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $110,341±$12kHighest 51% above MI $110,281±$12kLowest 51% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $309,900±$25kLowest 34% above MI $338,300±$19kHighest 46% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,072±$119Lowest 5% below MI $1,490±$263Highest 32% above MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,281Highest 82% above MI $2,957Lowest about the MI average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 30.4%±14.4Lowest MI: 50.4% 75.1%±76.4Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 5.6%Highest MI: 13.2% 2.5%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.5%Lowest MI: 73.2% 87.6%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985 13 yrs newer than MI 1985 13 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 5% below MI 22 minLowest 10% below MI

Work from home 20%±4.1Highest MI: 13.5% 13.2%±5.4Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.2%Highest 3.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miHighest 8.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.46Highest 0.44Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lansing (28%)Traverse City (35%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Acme TownshipFew work in DeWitt

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 15.5%Highest 12.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.0 miLowest 42.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miLowest 1.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Lowest 14Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 44.4Highest 11.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #79 of 493 in MI—

School district DeWitt Public Schools—

High school in town None in town—

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.

DeWitt vs Acme Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Acme Township gets 51 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs about the same each month

DeWitt places higher on 12 of 18 MI lists

142 miles apart

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