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.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Webster Township

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 Pointe$3,260/mo

Typical home $488K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.74% · or rent about $1,725/mo · Housing →

Webster Township$3,590/mo

Typical home $564K (Census) · tax rate 1.35% · or rent about $1,782/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $3,900 a year, between Webster Township and Grosse Pointe.

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 Pointe places higher on 13 of 18 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

C+Grosse PointeSafer than 41% of U.S. towns –Webster TownshipNot graded

Schools

AGrosse PointeBetter than 94% of districts in the state –Webster TownshipNot graded

Health

A+Grosse PointeHealthier than 98% of U.S. towns A+Webster TownshipHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns

13Grosse Pointe

4Webster Township

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #636#64 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #210#588 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #198#427 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #7#174 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #347#484 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #28#116 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #68#6 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #692#715

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

Where they are

48 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Grosse PointeMI Webster TownshipWashtenaw County

Grosse Pointe ↔ Webster Township48 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

Grosse PointeWebster Township

People

Population 5,541Lowest 6,575Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.7%Highest MI: +2% -3.1%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 43.8±5.4Lowest 9% above MI 48.1±4Highest 20% above MI

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

Kids under 18 26.6%±4.1Highest MI: 21.2% 20.7%±3.9Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 23.2%±3.6Highest MI: 18.6% 18.5%±3.3Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 73.1%Highest MI: 32.4% 70.2%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.6%±1.2Lowest MI: 6.1% 9.1%±3.8Highest MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $158,853±$11kHighest 118% above MI $155,104±$17kLowest 113% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $436,800±$56kLowest 89% above MI $564,000±$47kHighest 144% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,725±$95Lowest 53% above MI $1,782±$1kHighest 58% above MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $7,596Lowest 162% above MI $7,602Highest 162% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 18.9%±8.6Lowest MI: 50.4% 32%±48.8Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 2.8%Lowest MI: 13.2% 3.5%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.9%Lowest MI: 73.2% 95.2%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 34 yrs older than MI 1991Highest 19 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest about the MI average 27 minHighest 11% above MI

Work from home 25.5%±4.7Lowest MI: 13.5% 27.5%±6.7Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.3%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 13.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.35Highest 0.14Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Detroit (24%)Ann Arbor (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Webster TownshipFew work in Grosse Pointe

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 16.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 7.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 46.4Highest 6.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #2 of 493 in MI—

School district Grosse Pointe Public Schools—

High school in town None in town—

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 Pointe vs Webster Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Webster Township gets 34 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Webster Township

Grosse Pointe places higher on 13 of 18 MI lists

48 miles apart

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