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%

Exeter Township$1,840/mo

Typical home $310K (Census) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $1,067/mo · Housing →

London Township$1,480/mo

Typical home $235K (Census) · tax rate 1.25% · or rent about $1,775/mo · Housing →

The difference: $360 a month, about $4,300 a year, between Exeter Township and London 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

London Township places higher on 9 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.

Health

C+Exeter TownshipHealthier than 39% of U.S. towns BLondon TownshipHealthier than 55% of U.S. towns

8Exeter Township

9London Township

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

Most new homesHousing · 512 towns #489#176 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #374#665 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #602#411 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #163#353 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #565#380 Most activeHealth · 723 towns #347#167 Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #170#314 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #318#182

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

Where they are

Exeter Township and London Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Exeter TownshipLondon Township

Exeter Township ↔ London Township6.3 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

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

Exeter TownshipLondon Township

Snow a year39″39″

January low17°F 17°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)176d 176d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd 31st

Outdoors & history

Exeter TownshipLondon Township

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0.7%—

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here—1

Community

Exeter TownshipLondon Township

Library hours a week28 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

Exeter TownshipLondon Township

People

Population 3,946Highest 2,986Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1%Highest MI: +2% -2.1%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 48.5±2.4Highest 21% above MI 40.6±2Lowest about the MI average

Kids under 18 20.1%±3.8Lowest MI: 21.2% 25%±4.6Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 25.8%±8.8Highest MI: 18.6% 15%±3Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.7%Highest MI: 32.4% 16.7%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.8%±1.2Highest MI: 6.1% 2%±1.3Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $94,491±$22kHighest 30% above MI $80,625±$20kLowest 11% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $310,100±$30kHighest 34% above MI $235,200±$16kLowest about the MI average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,067±$56Lowest 5% below MI $1,775±$601Highest 57% above MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,577Lowest 11% below MI $2,948Highest about the MI average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61.7%±26Highest MI: 50.4% 24.2%±55.2Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 9.6%Highest MI: 13.2% 4.5%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.2%Lowest MI: 73.2% 94.2%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Highest 6 yrs newer than MI 1973Lowest 1 yr newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 29% above MI 30 minLowest 25% above MI

Work from home 11%±5.5Lowest MI: 13.5% 14.2%±5.6Highest MI: 13.5%

London Township and Exeter 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 2.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 mi 18.8 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.20Highest 0.09Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Monroe (7%)Ann Arbor (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in London TownshipFew work in Exeter Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Highest 0.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 mi 0.4 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.3Highest 2.3Lowest

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.

Exeter Township vs London Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $360 more a month in Exeter Township

London Township places higher on 9 of 18 MI lists

Exeter Township and London Township share a border

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