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%

Fabius Township$1,620/mo

Typical home $271K (Census) · tax rate 0.89% · or rent about $687/mo · Housing →

Three Rivers$1,470/mo

Typical home $230K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.38% · or rent about $839/mo · Housing →

The difference: $150 a month, about $1,800 a year, between Fabius Township and Three Rivers.

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

Fabius Township and Three Rivers share a border

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

Fabius TownshipThree Rivers

Fabius Township ↔ Three Rivers3.6 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

280 Fabius Township residents work in Three Rivers (20.3% of its workers)

Work & commute in Fabius Township →

Report cards

Fabius Township places higher on 14 of 21 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

B+Fabius TownshipBetter than 70% of districts in the state B+Three RiversBetter than 70% of districts in the state

Health

C+Fabius TownshipHealthier than 36% of U.S. towns C−Three RiversHealthier than 24% of U.S. towns

14Fabius Township

6Three Rivers

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #159#667 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #201#662 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #486#74 Most educatedPeople · 723 towns #256#648 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #439#127 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #353#640 Best schoolsSchools · 493 towns #65#229 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #321#86

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

Fabius TownshipThree Rivers

Snow a year41″41″

January low17°F 17°F

July high82°F 82°F

Growing season (days)170d 170d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)17th 57th

Outdoors & history

Fabius TownshipThree Rivers

Trails12 mi 2 mi

Conserved land2.8%3.1%

Settled1829 —

National Register places—2

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Fabius TownshipThree Rivers

Library hours a week—42 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

Fabius TownshipThree Rivers

People

Population 3,317Lowest 7,943Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.9%Lowest MI: +2% +2.1%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 55.7±3.8Highest 39% above MI 35±2.2Lowest 13% below MI

Kids under 18 17.5%±4.7Lowest MI: 21.2% 25.5%±3.2Highest MI: 21.2%

Age 65+ 29.6%±5.3Highest MI: 18.6% 14.8%±3.1Lowest MI: 18.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 31.5%Highest MI: 32.4% 14.2%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±1.8Highest MI: 6.1% 2.6%±1Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $95,875±$17kHighest 32% above MI $49,503±$6kLowest 32% below MI

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $270,700±$26kHighest 17% above MI $134,900±$8kLowest 42% below MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $687±$163Lowest 39% below MI $839±$46Highest 26% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,406Highest 17% below MI $1,863Lowest 36% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 3.5%±34Lowest MI: 50.4% 37.4%±9.8Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 8.8%Lowest MI: 13.2% 15%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.3%Highest MI: 73.2% 53%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Highest 2 yrs newer than MI 1954Lowest 18 yrs older than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest about the MI average 19 minLowest 23% below MI

Work from home 13.8%±8Highest MI: 13.5% 3.9%±1.8Lowest MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 1.7%Lowest 22%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miHighest 19.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.23Lowest 1.33Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Three Rivers (20%)Kalamazoo (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 20% work in Three RiversFew work in Fabius Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.8%Lowest 3.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 11.5 miHighest 1.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 mi 0.3 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 9Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.0Lowest 64.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #65 of 493 in MI #229 of 493 in MI

School district Three Rivers Community SchoolsThree Rivers Community Schools

High school in town None in townThree Rivers High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 18.3

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.

Fabius Township vs Three Rivers

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $150 more a month in Fabius Township

Fabius Township and Three Rivers share a border

Fabius Township places higher on 14 of 21 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

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