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 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%

Hematite Township$540/mo

Typical home $88K (Census) · tax rate 1.09% · or rent about $713/mo · Housing →

Interior Township$580/mo

Typical home $92K (Census) · tax rate 1.32% · 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

28 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Hematite TownshipInterior Township

Hematite Township ↔ Interior Township28 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

Hematite TownshipInterior Township

People

Population 292Highest 226Lowest

Median age 60.9±10.5Lowest 51% above MI 63.1±6.5Highest 57% above MI

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

Kids under 18 12%±9.6Highest MI: 21.2% 4.4%±11.5Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 45.5%±10.9Lowest MI: 18.6% 45.6%±1.6Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9.2%Lowest MI: 32.4% 14.7%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.4%±4.1Highest MI: 6.1% 0%±6.9Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $40,972±$2kLowest 44% below MI $42,500±$18kHighest 42% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $87,600±$21kLowest 62% below MI $92,000±$10kHighest 60% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $713±$280 37% below MI —

Property taxmedian, yearly $953Lowest 67% below MI $1,211Highest 58% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 56.3%±100Highest MI: 50.4% 0%±100Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 15.1%Lowest MI: 13.2% 19.5%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 90%Highest MI: 73.2% 87.7%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Highest 6 yrs newer than MI 1976Lowest 4 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 17% below MI 29 minHighest 19% above MI

Work from home 25.9%±25.2Highest MI: 13.5% 0%±14.3Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.8%Highest 2.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.8 miLowest 39.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.39Highest 0.10Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Iron River (28%)Watersmeet Township (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Interior TownshipFew work in Hematite Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 16.4%Lowest 69.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 169.0 miHighest 75.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.4Lowest 0.7Highest

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.

Hematite Township vs Interior Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Interior Township gets 54 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs about the same each month

28 miles apart

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