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%

Gerrish Township$1,430/mo

Typical home $232K (Census) · tax rate 1.08% · Housing →

Higgins Township$660/mo

Typical home $103K (Census) · tax rate 1.40% · or rent about $668/mo · Housing →

The difference: $770 a month, about $9,200 a year, between Gerrish Township and Higgins 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.

Safety

B+Gerrish TownshipSafer than 72% of U.S. towns –Higgins TownshipNot graded

Schools

BGerrish TownshipBetter than 58% of districts in the state –Higgins TownshipNot graded

Health

C+Gerrish TownshipHealthier than 42% of U.S. towns C−Higgins TownshipHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns

Where they are

Gerrish Township and Higgins Township share a border

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

Gerrish TownshipHiggins Township

Gerrish Township ↔ Higgins Township6.6 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Who commutes between them

86 Gerrish Township residents work in Higgins Township (10.3% of its workers)

29 Higgins Township residents work in Gerrish Township (5.3% of its workers)

Work & commute in Gerrish Township →

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

Gerrish TownshipHiggins Township

Snow a year66″66″

January low11°F 11°F

July high81°F 81°F

Growing season (days)125d 125d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)62nd 38th

Outdoors & history

Gerrish TownshipHiggins Township

Trails24 mi 130 mi

Conserved land3.5%14.8%

Archive photos—9

Community

Gerrish TownshipHiggins Township

Library hours a week—35 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

Gerrish TownshipHiggins Township

People

Population 2,815Highest 2,054Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6.6%Lowest MI: +2% -3.5%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 59.1±2.4Highest 47% above MI 53.4±5.7Lowest 33% above MI

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

Kids under 18 14.7%±3.7Highest MI: 21.2% 13.1%±3.4Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 36.4%±6Highest MI: 18.6% 23.2%±4Lowest MI: 18.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 40.8%Highest MI: 32.4% 17.5%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.1%±0.8Lowest MI: 6.1% 2.5%±1.2Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $95,813±$17kHighest 31% above MI $55,313±$12kLowest 24% below MI

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $232,100±$39kHighest about the MI average $103,000±$20kLowest 56% below MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $668±$91 41% below MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,513Highest 13% below MI $1,442Lowest 50% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest MI: 50.4% 38.8%±11.6Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 6.6%Lowest MI: 13.2% 9.9%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 98.8%Highest MI: 73.2% 79.6%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 5 yrs newer than MI 1976Lowest 4 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 27% below MI 20 minHighest 19% below MI

Work from home 10.6%±5Highest MI: 13.5% 8.2%±3.2Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 8.3%Lowest 14.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 36.3 miHighest 21.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.53Lowest 1.67Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Higgins Township (10%)Grayling (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 10% work in Higgins Township5% work in Gerrish Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.5%Lowest 14.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 23.8 miLowest 130.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 1.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 11.5Highest 2.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #279 of 493 in MI—

School district Roscommon Area Public Schools · C.O.O.R. ISD—

High school in town Roscommon High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 17.4 —

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

Deciding?

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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.

Gerrish Township vs Higgins Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $770 more a month in Gerrish Township

Grades and rankings, side by side

Gerrish Township and Higgins Township share a border

What daily life feels like in each

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