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%

Grosse Ile Township$2,660/mo

Typical home $399K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.70% · or rent about $1,414/mo · Housing →

Riverview$1,690/mo

Typical home $248K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.90% · or rent about $1,101/mo · Housing →

The difference: $970 a month, about $11,600 a year, between Grosse Ile Township and Riverview.

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

Grosse Ile Township places higher on 14 of 21 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.

Safety

–Grosse Ile TownshipNot graded BRiverviewSafer than 56% of U.S. towns

Schools

AGrosse Ile TownshipBetter than 92% of districts in the state B+RiverviewBetter than 69% of districts in the state

Health

AGrosse Ile TownshipHealthier than 89% of U.S. towns BRiverviewHealthier than 61% of U.S. towns

14Grosse Ile Township

7Riverview

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most educatedPeople · 723 towns #74#488 Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #30#410 Best schoolsSchools · 493 towns #46#280 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #620#308 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #104#385 Most activeHealth · 723 towns #65#347 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #616#341 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #272#62

Left end = #1 in Michigan. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Grosse Ile Township’s rankings →

Where they are

Grosse Ile Township and Riverview share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Grosse Ile TownshipRiverview

Grosse Ile Township ↔ Riverview3.9 miles apart · They share a border

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

Grosse Ile TownshipRiverview

Snow a year54″54″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)23rd 12th

Outdoors & history

Grosse Ile TownshipRiverview

Trails12 mi 2 mi

Conserved land5.8%17%

Settled1914 1923

National Register places6 —

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Grosse Ile TownshipRiverview

Library hours a week—38 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

Grosse Ile TownshipRiverview

People

Population 10,344Lowest 12,186Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4%Highest MI: +2% 0%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 50.4±2.2Highest 25% above MI 40.6±4.4Lowest about the MI average

Kids under 18 19.5%±3Lowest MI: 21.2% 21.7%±3.8Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 28.6%±2.9Highest MI: 18.6% 25.3%±2.9Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 50.2%Highest MI: 32.4% 21.3%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±1.2Highest MI: 6.1% 3.3%±1.1Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $126,582±$7kHighest 74% above MI $73,468±$5kLowest about the MI average

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $355,900±$14kHighest 54% above MI $215,100±$14kLowest 7% below MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,414±$167Highest 25% above MI $1,101±$64Lowest about the MI average

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,042Highest 108% above MI $4,079Lowest 40% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 23.7%±17.1Lowest MI: 50.4% 40.9%±8.9Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 4.1%Lowest MI: 13.2% 7.3%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.9%Highest MI: 73.2% 64.3%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Highest 1 yr older than MI 1969Lowest 3 yrs older than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 27% above MI 24 minLowest about the MI average

Work from home 17.7%±4.2Highest MI: 13.5% 9.7%±2.7Lowest MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 7.7%Highest 5.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miHighest 13.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.27Lowest 0.75Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Detroit (13%)Detroit (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RiverviewFew work in Grosse Ile Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.8%Lowest 17%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 11.6 miHighest 1.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 25Highest 7Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 18.8Lowest 71.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #46 of 493 in MI #280 of 493 in MI

School district Grosse Ile Township SchoolsRiverview Community School District

High school in town Grosse Ile High SchoolRiverview Community High School

Students per teacherat that high school 13.7Lowest 22.2Highest

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.

Grosse Ile Township vs Riverview

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $970 more a month in Grosse Ile Township

Grosse Ile Township places higher on 14 of 21 MI lists

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