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 →

Woodhull Township$1,740/mo

Typical home $280K (Census) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $978/mo · Housing →

The difference: $440 a month, about $5,200 a year, between Grattan Township and Woodhull 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

Woodhull Township places higher on 8 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.

Health

BGrattan TownshipHealthier than 62% of U.S. towns BWoodhull TownshipHealthier than 58% of U.S. towns

5Grattan Township

8Woodhull Township

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

Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #199#593 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #424#148 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #414#139 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #438#285 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #658#520 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #619#512 Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #71#172 Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #585#513

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 TownshipWoodhull Township

Snow a year66″46″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)8th 32nd

Outdoors & history

Grattan TownshipWoodhull Township

Trails1 mi 9 mi

Conserved land3.2%9.3%

Settled1846 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Grattan TownshipWoodhull 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

56 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Grattan TownshipKent County Woodhull TownshipShiawassee County

Grattan Township ↔ Woodhull Township56 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

Grattan TownshipWoodhull Township

People

Population 3,840Highest 3,684Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.2%Highest MI: +2% -3.2%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 46.5±7.7Lowest 16% above MI 47.8±7.8Highest 19% above MI

Woodhull Township and Grattan 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% 17.1%±4.2Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 18.8%±3.6Lowest MI: 18.6% 22%±4.5Highest MI: 18.6%

Woodhull Township and Grattan 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% 31.7%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.6%±0.9Lowest MI: 6.1% 2.4%±1.7Highest MI: 6.1%

Woodhull 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±$19kHighest 53% above MI $94,301±$7kLowest 29% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $355,800±$65kHighest 54% above MI $280,200±$22kLowest 21% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,138±$35Highest about the MI average $978±$322Lowest 13% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,735Highest 29% above MI $3,257Lowest 12% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 14%±12.2Lowest MI: 50.4% 24.6%±26.2Highest MI: 50.4%

Woodhull 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%Lowest MI: 13.2% 4.3%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.2%Lowest MI: 73.2% 87.9%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Highest 19 yrs newer than MI 1981Lowest 9 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 35% above MI 28 minLowest 15% above MI

Work from home 9.4%±5.5Lowest MI: 13.5% 15.7%±6.2Highest MI: 13.5%

Woodhull 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%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 18.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13Highest 0.10Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Grand Rapids (22%)East Lansing (10%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.2%Lowest 9.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miLowest 8.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.5Lowest 3.9Highest

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 Woodhull Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $440 more a month in Grattan Township

Woodhull Township places higher on 8 of 17 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

56 miles apart

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