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%

Gladwin$1,260/mo

Typical home $200K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $628/mo · Housing →

Sage Township$1,010/mo

Typical home $164K (Census) · tax rate 1.12% · or rent about $925/mo · Housing →

The difference: $250 a month, about $3,000 a year, between Gladwin and Sage 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

Gladwin and Sage Township share a border

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

GladwinSage Township

Gladwin ↔ Sage Township4.7 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

160 Sage Township residents work in Gladwin (20.9% of its workers)

16 Gladwin residents work in Sage Township (1.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Sage Township →

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

C−GladwinSafer than 19% of U.S. towns –Sage TownshipNot graded

Schools

B+GladwinBetter than 66% of districts in the state B+Sage TownshipBetter than 66% of districts in the state

Health

DGladwinHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns DSage TownshipHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns

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

GladwinSage Township

Snow a year49″49″

January low13°F 13°F

July high82°F 82°F

Growing season (days)148d 148d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)9th 23rd

Outdoors & history

GladwinSage Township

Trails1 mi 10 mi

Conserved land4.8%4.2%

Settled1875 —

Archive photos7 —

Famous people born here4 —

Community

GladwinSage Township

Library hours a week44 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

GladwinSage Township

People

Population 3,098Highest 2,325Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.6%Highest MI: +2% -1.1%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 47±12.8Lowest 17% above MI 47.8±4.8Highest 19% above MI

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

Kids under 18 22%±4.7Highest MI: 21.2% 16.2%±3.9Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 25.2%±5.9Highest MI: 18.6% 22.4%±1.2Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.6%Highest MI: 32.4% 14.1%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.8%±1.3Lowest MI: 6.1% 3.2%±1.7Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $43,005±$14kLowest 41% below MI $57,424±$9kHighest 21% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $126,900±$23kLowest 45% below MI $163,800±$29kHighest 29% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $628±$110Lowest 44% below MI $925±$210Highest 18% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,670Lowest 42% below MI $1,835Highest 37% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35.6%±13Highest MI: 50.4% 35.5%±64.2Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 17.4%Highest MI: 13.2% 15.1%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 52.3%Lowest MI: 73.2% 94.5%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1965Lowest 7 yrs older than MI 1983Highest 11 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 19% below MI 25 minHighest about the MI average

Work from home 17.8%±9.3Highest MI: 13.5% 1.1%±1.1Lowest MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 25.2%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.3 miLowest 30.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.21Highest 0.15Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Midland (9%)Gladwin (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Sage Township21% work in Gladwin

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.8%Highest 4.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 9.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 5Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 61.5Highest 3.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #303 of 493 in MI—

School district Gladwin Community Schools—

High school in town Gladwin High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 24.1 —

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.

Gladwin vs Sage Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $250 more a month in Gladwin

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