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%

Flushing$1,590/mo

Typical home $243K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $944/mo · Housing →

Flushing Township$1,340/mo

Typical home $214K (Census) · tax rate 1.23% · or rent about $1,191/mo · Housing →

The difference: $250 a month, about $3,000 a year, between Flushing and Flushing 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.

Where they are

Flushing and Flushing Township share a border

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

FlushingFlushing Township

Flushing ↔ Flushing Township2.8 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

167 Flushing Township residents work in Flushing (3.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in Flushing Township →

Report cards

Flushing 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.

Safety

A−FlushingSafer than 78% of U.S. towns –Flushing TownshipNot graded

Schools

B−FlushingBetter than 54% of districts in the state B−Flushing TownshipBetter than 54% of districts in the state

Health

BFlushingHealthier than 62% of U.S. towns B−Flushing TownshipHealthier than 47% of U.S. towns

14Flushing

5Flushing Township

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #95#396 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #250#564 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #134#420 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #247#482 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #334#550 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #144#307 Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #499#342 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #241#386

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

FlushingFlushing Township

Snow a year40″40″

January low16°F 16°F

July high82°F 82°F

Growing season (days)162d 162d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 41st

Outdoors & history

FlushingFlushing Township

Trails5 mi 8 mi

Conserved land6.3%1.5%

Settled1835 1835

National Register places—1

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here—6

Community

FlushingFlushing Township

Library hours a week40 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

FlushingFlushing Township

People

Population 8,284Lowest 10,604Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.3%Lowest MI: +2% +0.6%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 39.6±6.6Lowest about the MI average 42.9±3.6Highest 7% above MI

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

Kids under 18 23.1%±5.9Lowest MI: 21.2% 24.8%±4.2Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 23.3%±4.3Highest MI: 18.6% 21.6%±3.4Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 30.3%Highest MI: 32.4% 25%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.5%±2.5Highest MI: 6.1% 3.4%±1.6Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $80,025±$9kLowest 10% above MI $85,292±$10kHighest 17% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $204,500±$13kLowest 12% below MI $213,600±$11kHighest 8% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $944±$81Lowest 16% below MI $1,191±$118Highest 5% above MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,168Highest 9% above MI $2,634Lowest 9% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46.5%±19.6Lowest MI: 50.4% 59.1%±23.2Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 7%Lowest MI: 13.2% 9.1%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.4%Lowest MI: 73.2% 93.6%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1965Lowest 7 yrs older than MI 1976Highest 4 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest about the MI average 29 minHighest 18% above MI

Work from home 12.9%±4.2Highest MI: 13.5% 9.7%±4.2Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.4%Highest 3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miHighest 18.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.44Highest 0.14Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Flint (14%)Flint (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Flushing Township4% work in Flushing

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.3%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 5.3 miLowest 8.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 62.1Highest 6.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #389 of 493 in MI #340 of 493 in MI

School district Flushing Community SchoolsFlushing Community Schools

High school in town None in townFlushing High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 16.5

Michigan average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Flushing vs Flushing Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $250 more a month in Flushing

Flushing and Flushing Township share a border

Flushing places higher on 14 of 21 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

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