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%

Forestville$860/mo

Typical home $145K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.78% · Housing →

Interior Township$580/mo

Typical home $92K (Census) · tax rate 1.32% · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,300 a year, between Forestville and Interior 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.

Life in each

Interior Township gets 74 more inches of snow a year

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

ForestvilleInterior Township

Snow a year47″121″

January low16°F 6°F

July high77°F 76°F

Growing season (days)173d 123d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)17th 23rd

Outdoors & history

ForestvilleInterior Township

Trails0 mi 76 mi

Conserved land0%69.4%

Settled1895 —

Famous people born here—1

Community

ForestvilleInterior Township

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.

Where they are

368 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ForestvilleMI Interior TownshipOntonagon County

Forestville ↔ Interior Township368 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

ForestvilleInterior Township

People

Population 136Lowest 226Highest

Median age 62.8±2.5Lowest 56% above MI 63.1±6.5Highest 57% above MI

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

Kids under 18 10.3%±12.5Highest MI: 21.2% 4.4%±11.5Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 41.2%±14.2Lowest MI: 18.6% 45.6%±1.6Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.4%Lowest MI: 32.4% 14.7%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±11.4 MI: 6.1% 0%±6.9 MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $40,938±$20kLowest 44% below MI $42,500±$18kHighest 42% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $170,800±$28kHighest 26% below MI $92,000±$10kLowest 60% below MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,333Highest 54% below MI $1,211Lowest 58% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 100%±91.5Highest MI: 50.4% 0%±100Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 30.1%Highest MI: 13.2% 19.5%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.9%Lowest MI: 73.2% 87.7%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1959Lowest 13 yrs older than MI 1976Highest 4 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 28% above MI 29 minLowest 19% above MI

Work from home 10%±11.5Highest MI: 13.5% 0%±14.3Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 2.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miLowest 39.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.10Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Bad Axe (8%)Watersmeet Township (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Interior TownshipFew work in Forestville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 69.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miLowest 75.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 45.5Highest 0.7Lowest

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.

Forestville vs Interior Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $270 more a month in Forestville

Interior Township gets 74 more inches of snow a year

368 miles apart

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