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 →

Chocolay Township$1,470/mo

Typical home $247K (Census) · tax rate 0.85% · or rent about $897/mo · Housing →

The difference: $600 a month, about $7,200 a year, between DeWitt and Chocolay 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.

Life in each

Chocolay Township gets 52 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

DeWittChocolay Township

Snow a year50″102″

January low17°F 12°F

July high83°F 75°F

Growing season (days)162d 164d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th 33rd

Outdoors & history

DeWittChocolay Township

Trails2 mi 54 mi

Conserved land15.5%2.9%

Settled1833 —

Archive photos9 —

Famous people born here3 —

Community

DeWittChocolay 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.

Report cards

DeWitt places higher on 15 of 20 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 A−Chocolay TownshipSafer than 84% of U.S. towns

Schools

ADeWittBetter than 92% of districts in the state A−Chocolay TownshipBetter than 82% of districts in the state

Health

ADeWittHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns BChocolay TownshipHealthier than 61% of U.S. towns

15DeWitt

5Chocolay Township

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #678#188 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #238#698 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #5#310 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #72#474 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #204#594 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #71#443 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #169#449 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #106#344

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

Where they are

283 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DeWittMI Chocolay TownshipMarquette County

DeWitt ↔ Chocolay Township283 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

DeWittChocolay Township

People

Population 4,777Lowest 5,964Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6%Highest MI: +2% -0.1%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 41.9±2.5Lowest 4% above MI 43.2±2.6Highest 7% above MI

Chocolay Township and DeWitt 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% 17%±3.5Lowest MI: 21.2%

Age 65+ 17.9%±4Lowest MI: 18.6% 22.9%±3.6Highest MI: 18.6%

Chocolay 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% 44.8%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±1.4Lowest MI: 6.1% 6.9%±2.9Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $110,341±$12kHighest 51% above MI $87,167±$12kLowest 20% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $309,900±$25kHighest 34% above MI $246,800±$19kLowest 7% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,072±$119Highest 5% below MI $897±$113Lowest 21% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,281Highest 82% above MI $2,096Lowest 28% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 30.4%±14.4Lowest MI: 50.4% 56.2%±24Highest MI: 50.4%

Chocolay 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%Lowest MI: 13.2% 9.4%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.5%Lowest MI: 73.2% 85.3%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Highest 13 yrs newer than MI 1975Lowest 3 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 5% below MI 20 minLowest 18% below MI

Work from home 20%±4.1Highest MI: 13.5% 8.3%±3.1Lowest MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 5.2%Lowest 6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.46Highest 0.36Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lansing (28%)Marquette (46%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 15.5%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.0 miLowest 53.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Highest 7Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 44.4Highest 3.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #79 of 493 in MI #162 of 493 in MI

School district DeWitt Public SchoolsMarquette Area Public Schools

High school in town None in townNone 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 Chocolay Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $600 more a month in DeWitt

Chocolay Township gets 52 more inches of snow a year

DeWitt places higher on 15 of 20 MI lists

283 miles apart

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