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 $200 more a month in Irving 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%

Heath Township$2,000/mo

Typical home $332K (Census) · tax rate 0.95% · Housing →

Irving Township$2,210/mo

Typical home $366K (Census) · tax rate 0.95% · or rent about $834/mo · Housing →

The difference: $200 a month, about $2,500 a year, between Irving Township and Heath 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

Heath Township places higher on 9 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.

Schools

B+Heath TownshipBetter than 69% of districts in the state –Irving TownshipNot graded

Health

B−Heath TownshipHealthier than 50% of U.S. towns BIrving TownshipHealthier than 63% of U.S. towns

9Heath Township

7Irving Township

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

Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #425#150 Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #104#366 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #269#473 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #353#163 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #187#315 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #360#248 Most activeHealth · 723 towns #347#237 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #394#307

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

Where they are

29 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Heath TownshipIrving Township

Heath Township ↔ Irving Township29 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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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

Heath TownshipIrving Township

People

Population 3,966Highest 3,807Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +18.7%Highest MI: +2% +14.9%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 37.8±3.8Highest 6% below MI 34.3±3.5Lowest 15% below MI

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

Kids under 18 28.7%±4.6Lowest MI: 21.2% 35.4%±7.4Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 13.7%±3.3Highest MI: 18.6% 12.8%±3.7Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 30.4%Lowest MI: 32.4% 32.2%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.2%±0.4Lowest MI: 6.1% 1.7%±1.6Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $105,491±$15kHighest 45% above MI $76,367±$24kLowest 5% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $332,400±$33kLowest 44% above MI $365,800±$39kHighest 58% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $834±$62 26% below MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,142Lowest 8% above MI $3,492Highest 20% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest MI: 50.4% 14.6%±47.6Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 1.3%Lowest MI: 13.2% 2.4%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.2%Lowest MI: 73.2% 96.8%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1994Lowest 22 yrs newer than MI 1997Highest 25 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest 10% above MI 27 minHighest 12% above MI

Work from home 9.1%±4.7Lowest MI: 13.5% 15.1%±6.6Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.8%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miLowest 17.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.35Highest 0.19Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Holland (15%)Grand Rapids (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Irving TownshipFew work in Heath Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 46.8%Highest 17.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 29.1 miHighest 14.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.4Lowest 4.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #104 of 493 in MI—

School district Hamilton Community 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.

Heath Township vs Irving Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Heath Township gets 41 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs $200 more a month in Irving Township

Heath Township places higher on 9 of 17 MI lists

29 miles apart

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