Next-door neighbors in Dickinson County. The biggest differences: home values (7.8× in Cheever Township) and homeowners (+28.8 pts renters in Flora Township).
A typical home costs $2,200 more a month in Cheever Township
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.
Flora Township$370/mo
Typical home $54K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
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.
Flora TownshipCheever Township
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People
Population232Highest109Lowest
Median age51.7±12.7Lowest 38% above KS57.6±0.5Highest 54% above KS
Cheever Township and Flora Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1816.4%±19Highest KS: 23.8%0%±28.5Lowest KS: 23.8%
Flora Township and Cheever Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+31.5%±20Highest KS: 17%8.3%±35.9Lowest KS: 17%
Flora Township and Cheever Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.
