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%

Hamlin Township$1,560/mo

Typical home $253K (Census) · tax rate 1.14% · or rent about $1,205/mo · Housing →

Olive Township$1,790/mo

Typical home $296K (Census) · tax rate 0.95% · or rent about $789/mo · Housing →

The difference: $220 a month, about $2,700 a year, between Olive Township and Hamlin 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

Olive Township places higher on 15 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

B−Hamlin TownshipBetter than 45% of districts in the state –Olive TownshipNot graded

Health

B−Hamlin TownshipHealthier than 52% of U.S. towns A−Olive TownshipHealthier than 77% of U.S. towns

3Hamlin Township

15Olive Township

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

Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #498#85 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #367#96 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #474#126 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #478#157 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #603#308 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #307#89 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #348#137 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #439#233

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

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

Hamlin TownshipOlive Township

Snow a year38″50″

January low15°F 17°F

July high82°F 83°F

Growing season (days)164d 162d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)34th 44th

Outdoors & history

Hamlin TownshipOlive Township

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land2.1%2.6%

National Register places—1

Archive photos—1

Community

Hamlin TownshipOlive Township

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

31 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Hamlin TownshipEaton County Olive TownshipClinton County

Hamlin Township ↔ Olive Township31 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

Hamlin TownshipOlive Township

People

Population 3,227Highest 2,530Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.5%Lowest MI: +2% +2.4%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 44.2±5Highest 10% above MI 43.9±2.5Lowest 9% above MI

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

Kids under 18 23.3%±6.3Highest MI: 21.2% 21.4%±4Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 17.6%±4.5Lowest MI: 18.6% 21.7%±4.3Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.9%Lowest MI: 32.4% 28.7%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.6%±1.4Lowest MI: 6.1% 3.9%±1.6Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $91,944±$17kLowest 26% above MI $101,500±$8kHighest 39% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $252,800±$17kLowest 9% above MI $296,100±$29kHighest 28% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,205±$156Highest 7% above MI $789±$357Lowest 30% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,872Highest about the MI average $2,803Lowest 3% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±61.1Lowest MI: 50.4% 84.1%±47.2Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 1.9%Lowest MI: 13.2% 7%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 96.3%Highest MI: 73.2% 94.5%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Highest 11 yrs newer than MI 1977Lowest 5 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 9% above MI 27 minHighest 11% above MI

Work from home 18.4%±7.1Lowest MI: 13.5% 19.9%±4.8Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2%Lowest 2.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 13.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13Lowest 0.32Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Lansing (19%)Lansing (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Olive TownshipFew work in Hamlin Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.1%Lowest 2.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.1Highest 1.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #302 of 493 in MI—

School district Island City Academy—

High school in town None in town—

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.

Hamlin Township vs Olive Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $220 more a month in Olive Township

Olive Township places higher on 15 of 18 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

31 miles apart

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