What stands out worked out from the figures below

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Hulbert has the most walkable street grid (0.4 intersections per sq mi).

Chippewa has the most trails (161.9 mi).

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Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

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Measure	Hulbert	Chippewa
People
Population	219Lowest	320Highest
Median age	56.9±8.3Lowest 42% above MI	57.3±15.1Highest 43% above MI
	Chippewa and Hulbert are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18	25.1%±14.3Lowest MI: 21.2%	25.9%±9.5Highest MI: 21.2%
	Chippewa and Hulbert are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+	37%±6.1Highest MI: 18.6%	22.8%±2.7Lowest MI: 18.6%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+	7%Lowest MI: 32.4%	13.7%Highest MI: 32.4%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents	3.2%±6.1Highest MI: 6.1%	0%±4.9Lowest MI: 6.1%
	Hulbert and Chippewa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian	$54,583±$30kHighest 25% below MI	$51,429±$10kLowest 29% below MI
	Hulbert and Chippewa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied	$111,600±$25kHighest 52% below MI	$107,000±$26kLowest 54% below MI
	Hulbert and Chippewa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly	$1,125Highest 61% below MI	$1,008Lowest 65% below MI
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent	0%±100Lowest MI: 50.4%	100%±100Highest MI: 50.4%
	Chippewa and Hulbert are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line	7.3%Lowest MI: 13.2%	12.5%Highest MI: 13.2%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes	87.5%Highest MI: 73.2%	82%Lowest MI: 73.2%
Typical home builtmedian year	1989Highest 17 yrs newer than MI	1979Lowest 7 yrs newer than MI
Getting to work
Average commuteone way	24 minLowest about the MI average	26 minHighest 6% above MI
Work from home	24.2%±13.2Lowest MI: 13.5%	33.3%±23.4Highest MI: 13.5%
	Chippewa and Hulbert are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town	52.3%Lowest	82.9%Highest
Trailsmapped miles	64.3 miLowest	161.9 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi	0.9 miLowest	1.7 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map	2Highest	1Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure	0.4Highest	0.3Lowest
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MI average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.