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%

Eureka Township$1,470/mo

Typical home $236K (Census) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $842/mo · Housing →

Wright Township$1,940/mo

Typical home $321K (Census) · tax rate 0.98% · or rent about $1,132/mo · Housing →

The difference: $480 a month, about $5,700 a year, between Wright Township and Eureka 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

Wright Township places higher on 10 of 19 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

A−Eureka TownshipBetter than 76% of districts in the state A−Wright TownshipBetter than 79% of districts in the state

Health

CEureka TownshipHealthier than 29% of U.S. towns BWright TownshipHealthier than 65% of U.S. towns

9Eureka Township

10Wright Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #35#582 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #602#209 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #529#163 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #571#217 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #134#435 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #531#236 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #216#6 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #459#212

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

Eureka TownshipWright Township

Snow a year73″75″

January low13°F 17°F

July high84°F 82°F

Growing season (days)133d 157d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)10th 24th

Outdoors & history

Eureka TownshipWright Township

Trails12 mi 4 mi

Conserved land22%1.4%

Settled1850 —

Community

Eureka TownshipWright Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

31 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Eureka TownshipMontcalm County Wright TownshipOttawa County

Eureka Township ↔ Wright Township31 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

Eureka TownshipWright Township

People

Population 4,283Highest 3,192Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.4%Highest MI: +2% +1.4%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 36.7±6.4Highest 9% below MI 35±3.8Lowest 13% below MI

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

Kids under 18 19.6%±5Lowest MI: 21.2% 25%±4.1Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 17.6%±4.6Highest MI: 18.6% 14.1%±2.7Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.2%Highest MI: 32.4% 19.3%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.7%±1.7Lowest MI: 6.1% 3.4%±1.4Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $77,266±$16kLowest 6% above MI $87,344±$11kHighest 20% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $236,200±$49kLowest about the MI average $321,000±$35kHighest 39% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $842±$23Lowest 25% below MI $1,132±$75Highest about the MI average

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,730Lowest 6% below MI $3,136Highest 8% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±17.2Lowest MI: 50.4% 27.1%±30.7Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 5.7%Lowest MI: 13.2% 11.4%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 90.1%Highest MI: 73.2% 89.5%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1990Highest 18 yrs newer than MI 1979Lowest 7 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 10% above MI 22 minLowest 10% below MI

Work from home 8.4%±5.1Highest MI: 13.5% 4.7%±2.8Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.9%Lowest 6.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miHighest 12.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.65Lowest 1.06Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Greenville (18%)Grand Rapids (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Wright TownshipFew work in Eureka Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 22%Highest 1.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 12.0 miHighest 3.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 5.1Highest 2.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #426 of 493 in MI—

School district Greenville Public Schools—

High school in town Satterlee School—

Students per teacherat that high school 26.0 —

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.

Eureka Township vs Wright Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $480 more a month in Wright Township

Wright Township places higher on 10 of 19 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

31 miles apart

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