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%

Hope Township$1,380/mo

Typical home $232K (Census) · tax rate 0.81% · Housing →

Bennington Township$1,160/mo

Typical home $188K (Census) · tax rate 1.12% · Housing →

The difference: $210 a month, about $2,600 a year, between Hope Township and Bennington 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

Hope Township places higher on 11 of 16 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−Hope TownshipBetter than 47% of districts in the state B−Bennington TownshipBetter than 46% of districts in the state

Health

B−Hope TownshipHealthier than 54% of U.S. towns CBennington TownshipHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns

11Hope Township

5Bennington Township

Lists won, of 16 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #116#610 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #171#589 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #242#590 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #719#420 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #327#542 Most activeHealth · 723 towns #287#489 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #163#353 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #307#467

Left end = #1 in Michigan. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Hope 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

Hope TownshipBennington Township

Snow a year68″38″

January low16°F 16°F

July high82°F 82°F

Growing season (days)158d 164d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)19th 35th

Outdoors & history

Hope TownshipBennington Township

Trails4 mi 0 mi

Conserved land6.5%1.3%

Settled—1838

National Register places1 1

Archive photos1 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Hope TownshipBennington 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

63 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Hope TownshipBarry County Bennington TownshipShiawassee County

Hope Township ↔ Bennington Township63 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

Hope TownshipBennington Township

People

Population 3,187Highest 3,110Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.6%Lowest MI: +2% -1.5%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 57±6.1Highest 42% above MI 56.5±4.7Lowest 41% above MI

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

Kids under 18 11.5%±5.1Lowest MI: 21.2% 13.4%±6Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 26.9%±6.2Highest MI: 18.6% 26.8%±7.3Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.1%Highest MI: 32.4% 20.6%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.6%±2.6Lowest MI: 6.1% 10.4%±3.7Highest MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $99,427±$18kLowest 36% above MI $101,078±$18kHighest 39% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $232,300±$27kHighest about the MI average $188,100±$55kLowest 19% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,893Lowest 35% below MI $2,110Highest 27% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±81.5 MI: 50.4% 0%±40 MI: 50.4%

Below poverty line 5.6%Highest MI: 13.2% 3.7%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 98%Highest MI: 73.2% 95.4%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Lowest 3 yrs older than MI 1980Highest 8 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 42 minHighest 73% above MI 26 minLowest 6% above MI

Work from home 14.5%±8.4Highest MI: 13.5% 6.1%±4.5Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.6%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miLowest 21.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.16Highest 0.10Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Kalamazoo (8%)Owosso (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Bennington TownshipFew work in Hope Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.5%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.7 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.3Highest 2.7Lowest

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.

Hope Township vs Bennington Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $210 more a month in Hope Township

Hope Township places higher on 11 of 16 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

63 miles apart

What matters to you?

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