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.

Report cards

Hadley 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

B+Hadley TownshipHealthier than 71% of U.S. towns BGrattan TownshipHealthier than 62% of U.S. towns

8Hadley Township

7Grattan Township

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #38#424 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #116#439 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #421#199 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #594#403 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #157#344 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #589#438 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #275#414 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #50#163

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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%

Hadley Township$2,140/mo

Typical home $356K (Census) · tax rate 0.92% · or rent about $1,382/mo · Housing →

Grattan Township$2,180/mo

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

Where they are

100 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Hadley TownshipLapeer County Grattan TownshipKent County

Hadley Township ↔ Grattan Township100 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

Hadley TownshipGrattan Township

People

Population 4,541Highest 3,840Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.4%Lowest MI: +2% +5.2%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 46.1±7.4Lowest 15% above MI 46.5±7.7Highest 16% above MI

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

Kids under 18 20.7%±4.9Highest MI: 21.2% 16.5%±3.7Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 23.5%±4.3Highest MI: 18.6% 18.8%±3.6Lowest MI: 18.6%

Hadley 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+ 29.6%Highest MI: 32.4% 28.8%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±1.7Highest MI: 6.1% 0.6%±0.9Lowest MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $110,938±$10kLowest 52% above MI $111,354±$19kHighest 53% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $356,100±$19kHighest 54% above MI $355,800±$65kLowest 54% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,382±$256Highest 22% above MI $1,138±$35Lowest about the MI average

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,289Lowest 13% above MI $3,735Highest 29% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35%±53Highest MI: 50.4% 14%±12.2Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 4.3%Highest MI: 13.2% 1.9%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 94.3%Highest MI: 73.2% 87.2%Lowest MI: 73.2%

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

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 40 minHighest 64% above MI 33 minLowest 35% above MI

Work from home 11.9%±4.3Highest MI: 13.5% 9.4%±5.5Lowest MI: 13.5%

Hadley 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%Lowest 2.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

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

Top workplaceoutside town Auburn Hills (7%)Grand Rapids (22%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 20.8%Highest 3.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 30.9 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.4Lowest 3.5Highest

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.

Hadley Township vs Grattan Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Grattan Township gets 32 more inches of snow a year

Hadley Township places higher on 8 of 17 MI lists

A typical home costs about the same each month

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