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%

Dexter$3,350/mo

Typical home $512K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.56% · or rent about $1,761/mo · Housing →

Webster Township$3,590/mo

Typical home $564K (Census) · tax rate 1.35% · or rent about $1,782/mo · Housing →

The difference: $240 a month, about $2,900 a year, between Webster Township and Dexter.

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

Dexter and Webster Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

DexterWebster Township

Dexter ↔ Webster Township3.8 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

173 Webster Township residents work in Dexter (6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Webster Township →

Report cards

Dexter places higher on 10 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

ADexterBetter than 93% of districts in the state –Webster TownshipNot graded

Health

A+DexterHealthier than 98% of U.S. towns A+Webster TownshipHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns

10Dexter

4Webster Township

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

Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #84#588 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #44#427 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #246#64 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #300#484 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #233#116 Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #95#15 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #140#174 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #682#715

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

DexterWebster Township

Snow a year33″61″

January low16°F 16°F

July high82°F 84°F

Growing season (days)163d 160d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)11th 27th

Outdoors & history

DexterWebster Township

Trails1 mi 8 mi

Conserved land6.4%16.8%

Settled1824 —

National Register places1 1

Archive photos24 6

Famous people born here10 —

Community

DexterWebster Township

Library hours a week70 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.

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

DexterWebster Township

People

Population 4,521Lowest 6,575Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +10.6%Highest MI: +2% -3.1%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 43.4±4.6Lowest 8% above MI 48.1±4Highest 20% above MI

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

Kids under 18 28.2%±6Highest MI: 21.2% 20.7%±3.9Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 21.7%±4.7Highest MI: 18.6% 18.5%±3.3Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 70.3%Highest MI: 32.4% 70.2%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±2Lowest MI: 6.1% 9.1%±3.8Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $106,637±$14kLowest 46% above MI $155,104±$17kHighest 113% above MI

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $421,000±$23kLowest 82% above MI $564,000±$47kHighest 144% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,761±$282Lowest 56% above MI $1,782±$1kHighest 58% above MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,552Lowest 126% above MI $7,602Highest 162% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 56.9%±21.8Highest MI: 50.4% 32%±48.8Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 0.8%Lowest MI: 13.2% 3.5%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.2%Lowest MI: 73.2% 95.2%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1997Highest 25 yrs newer than MI 1991Lowest 19 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest about the MI average 27 minHighest 11% above MI

Work from home 26.9%±5.5Lowest MI: 13.5% 27.5%±6.7Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 9%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 13.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.29Highest 0.14Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Ann Arbor (31%)Ann Arbor (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Webster Township6% work in Dexter

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.4%Lowest 16.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miLowest 7.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Highest 7Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 99.3Highest 6.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #80 of 493 in MI—

School district Dexter Community School District—

High school in town Dexter Alternative School—

Students per teacherat that high school 8.1 —

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.

Dexter vs Webster Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $240 more a month in Webster Township

Dexter and Webster Township share a border

Dexter places higher on 10 of 18 MI lists

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