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%

Grattan Township$2,180/mo

Typical home $356K (Census) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $1,138/mo · Housing →

Vergennes Township$2,350/mo

Typical home $392K (Census) · tax rate 0.90% · or rent about $1,824/mo · Housing →

The difference: $170 a month, about $2,100 a year, between Vergennes Township and Grattan 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

Grattan Township and Vergennes Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Grattan TownshipVergennes Township

Grattan Township ↔ Vergennes Township6.8 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Report cards

Vergennes Township places higher on 14 of 17 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.

Schools

–Grattan TownshipNot graded AVergennes TownshipBetter than 91% of districts in the state

Health

BGrattan TownshipHealthier than 62% of U.S. towns A−Vergennes TownshipHealthier than 77% of U.S. towns

3Grattan Township

14Vergennes Township

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #414#59 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #424#104 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #438#668 Most educatedPeople · 723 towns #297#59 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #658#485 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #439#610 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #199#64 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #344#209

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

Grattan TownshipVergennes Township

Snow a year66″66″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)8th 22nd

Outdoors & history

Grattan TownshipVergennes Township

Trails1 mi 17 mi

Conserved land3.2%11.5%

Settled1846 —

National Register places—2

Archive photos—2

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Grattan TownshipVergennes 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.

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

Grattan TownshipVergennes Township

People

Population 3,840Lowest 4,853Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.2%Lowest MI: +2% +13.2%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 46.5±7.7Highest 16% above MI 42.4±6.5Lowest 5% above MI

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

Kids under 18 16.5%±3.7Lowest MI: 21.2% 27.3%±6.4Highest MI: 21.2%

Age 65+ 18.8%±3.6Highest MI: 18.6% 17.2%±4.6Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.8%Lowest MI: 32.4% 54%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.6%±0.9Lowest MI: 6.1% 1.4%±1.1Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $111,354±$19kLowest 53% above MI $113,482±$24kHighest 56% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $355,800±$65kLowest 54% above MI $392,300±$38kHighest 69% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,138±$35Lowest about the MI average $1,824±$153Highest 62% above MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,735Highest 29% above MI $3,533Lowest 22% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 14%±12.2Lowest MI: 50.4% 32.6%±28.2Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 1.9%Highest MI: 13.2% 1.5%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.2%Highest MI: 73.2% 87%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Lowest 19 yrs newer than MI 1992Highest 20 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 35% above MI 27 minLowest 11% above MI

Work from home 9.4%±5.5Lowest MI: 13.5% 21.8%±7.3Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.5% 2.5%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miHighest 14.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13Lowest 0.33Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Grand Rapids (22%)Grand Rapids (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Vergennes TownshipFew work in Grattan Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.2%Lowest 11.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miLowest 16.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 6Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.5Lowest 4.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#54 of 493 in MI

School district —Lowell Area Schools

High school in town —Lowell Senior High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 18.7

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.

Grattan Township vs Vergennes Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $170 more a month in Vergennes Township

Grattan Township and Vergennes Township share a border

Vergennes Township places higher on 14 of 17 MI lists

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