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%

Grim Township$860/mo

Typical home $145K (Census) · tax rate 0.77% · Housing →

Le Roy$870/mo

Typical home $138K (Census) · tax rate 1.34% · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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.

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

Grim TownshipLe Roy

Snow a year49″61″

January low13°F 13°F

July high82°F 81°F

Growing season (days)148d 142d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 16th

Outdoors & history

Grim TownshipLe Roy

Trails141 mi 0 mi

Conserved land11.4%0%

Archive photos2 —

Famous people born here—1

Community

Grim TownshipLe Roy

Library hours a week—27 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.

Where they are

61 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Grim TownshipGladwin County Le RoyMI

Grim Township ↔ Le Roy61 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

Grim TownshipLe Roy

People

Population 214Highest 202Lowest

Median age 50.4±10Highest 25% above MI 47.5±11.3Lowest 18% above MI

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

Kids under 18 20.6%±9.7Highest MI: 21.2% 17.3%±7.4Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 12.6%±12.3Lowest MI: 18.6% 16.3%±8.8Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.4%Lowest MI: 32.4% 13.6%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.7%±4.9Lowest MI: 6.1% 4.5%±2.6Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $51,094±$17kLowest 30% below MI $70,250±$4kHighest 4% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $145,300±$41kHighest 37% below MI $137,500±$34kLowest 41% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,125Lowest 61% below MI $1,839Highest 37% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 0%±100 MI: 50.4%

Below poverty line 23%Highest MI: 13.2% 6.4%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 97.8%Highest MI: 73.2% 96.5%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1980Highest 8 yrs newer than MI 1946Lowest 26 yrs older than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 39 minHighest 60% above MI 25 minLowest about the MI average

Work from home 9.8%±10.1Lowest MI: 13.5% 11.8%±7.1Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 2.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 32.8 miHighest 15.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.49Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Midland (14%)Cadillac (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Le RoyFew work in Grim Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 11.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 141.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.0 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.5Lowest 25.6Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Grim Township vs Le Roy

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

61 miles apart

What matters to you?

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