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 →

Vergennes Township$2,350/mo

Typical home $392K (Census) · tax rate 0.90% · or rent about $1,824/mo · Housing →

The difference: $290 a month, about $3,400 a year, between Vergennes Township and DeWitt.

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 14 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 –Vergennes TownshipNot graded

Schools

ADeWittBetter than 92% of districts in the state AVergennes TownshipBetter than 91% of districts in the state

Health

ADeWittHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns A−Vergennes TownshipHealthier than 77% of U.S. towns

14DeWitt

6Vergennes Township

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #233#610 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #204#525 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #380#668 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #273#485 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #5#118 Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #678#557 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #37#144 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #169#64

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

DeWittVergennes Township

Snow a year50″66″

January low17°F —

July high83°F —

Growing season (days)162d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th 22nd

Outdoors & history

DeWittVergennes Township

Trails2 mi 17 mi

Conserved land15.5%11.5%

Settled1833 —

National Register places—2

Archive photos9 2

Famous people born here3 —

Community

DeWittVergennes 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.

Where they are

41 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DeWittMI Vergennes TownshipKent County

DeWitt ↔ Vergennes Township41 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

DeWittVergennes Township

People

Population 4,777Lowest 4,853Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6%Lowest MI: +2% +13.2%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 41.9±2.5Lowest 4% above MI 42.4±6.5Highest 5% above MI

Vergennes 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%±3.9Lowest MI: 21.2% 27.3%±6.4Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 17.9%±4Highest MI: 18.6% 17.2%±4.6Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 51%Lowest MI: 32.4% 54%Highest MI: 32.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $110,341±$12kLowest 51% above MI $113,482±$24kHighest 56% above MI

Vergennes Township and DeWitt 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 $392,300±$38kHighest 69% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,072±$119Lowest 5% below MI $1,824±$153Highest 62% above MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,281Highest 82% above MI $3,533Lowest 22% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 30.4%±14.4Lowest MI: 50.4% 32.6%±28.2Highest MI: 50.4%

Vergennes 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% 1.5%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.5%Lowest MI: 73.2% 87%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Lowest 13 yrs newer than MI 1992Highest 20 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 5% below MI 27 minHighest 11% above MI

Work from home 20%±4.1Lowest MI: 13.5% 21.8%±7.3Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.2%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 14.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.46Highest 0.33Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lansing (28%)Grand Rapids (20%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 15.5%Highest 11.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.0 miLowest 16.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Highest 6Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 44.4Highest 4.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #79 of 493 in MI #54 of 493 in MI

School district DeWitt Public SchoolsLowell Area Schools

High school in town None in townLowell Senior High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 18.7

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.

DeWitt vs Vergennes Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $290 more a month in Vergennes Township

DeWitt places higher on 14 of 20 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

41 miles apart

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