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%

Hagar Township$1,400/mo

Typical home $238K (Census) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $886/mo · Housing →

Denmark Township$1,060/mo

Typical home $166K (Census) · tax rate 1.39% · or rent about $848/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $4,000 a year, between Hagar Township and Denmark 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

Denmark Township places higher on 11 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.

Schools

C+Hagar TownshipBetter than 44% of districts in the state BDenmark TownshipBetter than 58% of districts in the state

Health

DHagar TownshipHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns B−Denmark TownshipHealthier than 47% of U.S. towns

6Hagar Township

11Denmark Township

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

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #640#163 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #181#587 Most activeHealth · 723 towns #679#347 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #635#307 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #511#190 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #688#381 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #354#598 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #308#593

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

Life in each

Hagar Township gets 36 more inches of snow a year

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

Hagar TownshipDenmark Township

Snow a year78″42″

January low20°F 15°F

July high83°F 82°F

Growing season (days)161d 154d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)15th 60th

Outdoors & history

Hagar TownshipDenmark Township

Trails6 mi 1 mi

Conserved land3.9%0.8%

Settled1846 1853

Community

Hagar TownshipDenmark Township

Library hours a week—54 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

163 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Hagar TownshipBerrien County Denmark TownshipTuscola County

Hagar Township ↔ Denmark Township163 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

Hagar TownshipDenmark Township

People

Population 3,200Highest 2,720Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -11.7%Lowest MI: +2% -10.7%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 47.4±4.1Highest 18% above MI 45.8±4.4Lowest 14% above MI

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

Kids under 18 22.8%±7.2Highest MI: 21.2% 18.6%±3.8Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 23.9%±4.9Lowest MI: 18.6% 25.4%±4.7Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24%Lowest MI: 32.4% 26.2%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.7%±1.9Lowest MI: 6.1% 7.6%±2.9Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $67,273±$17kLowest 8% below MI $70,720±$12kHighest about the MI average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $237,700±$27kHighest about the MI average $166,300±$12kLowest 28% below MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $886±$229Highest 22% below MI $848±$127Lowest 25% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,808Lowest 38% below MI $2,307Highest 21% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.1%±34Highest MI: 50.4% 38.6%±23.6Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 9.4%Highest MI: 13.2% 7%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.7%Lowest MI: 73.2% 79.9%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1963Lowest 9 yrs older than MI 1969Highest 3 yrs older than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 14% above MI 21 minLowest 12% below MI

Work from home 9.4%±4.9Highest MI: 13.5% 6.8%±2.6Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.8%Lowest 4.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 14.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.44Highest 0.38Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Benton Township (14%)Frankenmuth (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Denmark TownshipFew work in Hagar Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.9%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 5.9 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 14.6Highest 3.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#178 of 493 in MI

School district Hagar Township S/D #6Reese Public Schools

High school in town None in townReese High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 19.1

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.

Hagar Township vs Denmark Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

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

Denmark Township places higher on 11 of 18 MI lists

Hagar Township gets 36 more inches of snow a year

163 miles apart

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