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.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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%

Freedom Township$2,500/mo

Typical home $401K (Census) · tax rate 1.19% · or rent about $1,750/mo · Housing →

Centerville Township$2,550/mo

Typical home $444K (Census) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $853/mo · Housing →

The difference: $50 a month, about $600 a year, between Centerville Township and Freedom 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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

AFreedom TownshipHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns A−Centerville TownshipHealthier than 82% of U.S. towns

Where they are

207 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Freedom TownshipWashtenaw County Centerville TownshipLeelanau County

Freedom Township ↔ Centerville Township207 miles apart

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

Freedom TownshipCenterville Township

People

Population 1,339Lowest 1,529Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6.7%Lowest MI: +2% -2.4%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 53.2±4.2Highest 32% above MI 50±4.8Lowest 24% above MI

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

Kids under 18 15.3%±3.6Lowest MI: 21.2% 23.7%±5.7Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 27%±3.7Lowest MI: 18.6% 28.3%±1Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43.7%Highest MI: 32.4% 39.9%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±2Highest MI: 6.1% 0.9%±0.7Lowest MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $112,969±$25kHighest 55% above MI $98,281±$12kLowest 35% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $400,600±$46kLowest 73% above MI $444,400±$57kHighest 92% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,750±$490Highest 55% above MI $853±$96Lowest 24% below MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,764Highest 64% above MI $2,641Lowest 9% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 26.7%±36.6Highest MI: 50.4% 0%±56.4Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 6.7%Highest MI: 13.2% 6.3%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.3%Lowest MI: 73.2% 93.6%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1963Lowest 9 yrs older than MI 1992Highest 20 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 16% above MI 28 minLowest 15% above MI

Work from home 18.7%±4.8Lowest MI: 13.5% 23.3%±11.1Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.9%Lowest 1.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.3 miHighest 13.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.23Highest 0.17Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Ann Arbor (17%)Traverse City (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Centerville TownshipFew work in Freedom Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.3%Lowest 10.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.9 miHighest 3.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.9Lowest 2.7Highest

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.

Freedom Township vs Centerville Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Centerville Township gets 110 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs about the same each month

Grades and rankings, side by side

207 miles apart

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