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Interior Township vs Haight Township

Next-door neighbors in Ontonagon County. The biggest differences: home values (+85% in Haight Township) and jobs per worker (3.3× in Interior Township).

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Interior Township, MIAn outdoors townOntonagon County · 226 people
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Haight Township, MIAn outdoors townOntonagon County · 190 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

Interior TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors69.4% conserved land76 miles of trails across 8 parks and preserves All about Interior Township →
Haight TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors67.2% conserved land114 miles of trails across 8 parks and preserves All about Haight Township →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Home values+85%
Homes cost more in Haight Township
Haight Township $170,000Interior Township $92,000
Jobs per worker3.3×
Interior Township is more of a job hub
Interior Township 0.10Haight Township 0.03
Property tax bill+32%
Tax bills are bigger in Haight Township
Haight Township $1,600Interior Township $1,211
Average commute7 min
Haight Township has the shorter commute
Interior Township 29 minHaight Township 22 min
Trails+51%
Haight Township has more miles of trail
Haight Township 114.4 miInterior Township 75.7 mi
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $440 more a month in Haight 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.

Interior Township$580/mo
Typical home $92K (Census) · tax rate 1.32% · Housing →
Haight Township$1,020/mo
Typical home $170K (Census) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $406/mo · Housing →

The difference: $440 a month, about $5,300 a year, between Haight Township and Interior 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.

Life in each

Haight Township gets 59 more inches of snow a year

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
Interior TownshipHaight Township
Snow a year121″180″
January low6°F3°F
July high76°F78°F
Growing season (days)123d123d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)23rd23rd
Outdoors & history
Interior TownshipHaight Township
Trails76 mi114 mi
Conserved land69.4%67.2%
Famous people born here1—
Community
Interior TownshipHaight Township
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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

Interior Township and Haight Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Interior TownshipHaight TownshipInterior TownshipHaight Township
Interior Township ↔ Haight Township8.2 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
Who commutes between them
2 Haight Township residents work in Interior Township (2.8% of its workers)
Work & commute in Haight Township →
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.

Interior TownshipHaight Township
People
Population 226Highest 190Lowest
Median age 63.1±6.5Highest 57% above MI 62.2±5.1Lowest 55% above MI
Interior Township and Haight Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 4.4%±11.5Lowest MI: 21.2% 12.6%±10Highest MI: 21.2%
Haight Township and Interior Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 45.6%±1.6Highest MI: 18.6% 41.1%±9.5Lowest MI: 18.6%
Interior Township and Haight Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.7%Highest MI: 32.4% 14.6%Lowest MI: 32.4%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±6.9Lowest MI: 6.1% 0.5%±5.9Highest MI: 6.1%
Haight 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 $42,500±$18kLowest 42% below MI $50,893±$12kHighest 30% below MI
Haight Township and Interior Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $92,000±$10kLowest 60% below MI $170,000±$42kHighest 27% below MI
Rentmedian gross, monthly — $406±$135 64% below MI
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,211Lowest 58% below MI $1,600Highest 45% below MI
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest MI: 50.4% 44.4%±100Highest MI: 50.4%
Haight Township and Interior Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 19.5%Highest MI: 13.2% 6.8%Lowest MI: 13.2%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 87.7%Highest MI: 73.2% 86%Lowest MI: 73.2%
Typical home builtmedian year 1976Lowest 4 yrs newer than MI 1977Highest 5 yrs newer than MI
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 19% above MI 22 minLowest 11% below MI
Work from home 0%±14.3Lowest MI: 13.5% 20.3%±9Highest MI: 13.5%
Haight 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 2.6%Highest 0%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 39.8 miHighest 37.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.10Highest 0.03Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Watersmeet Township (17%)Watersmeet Township (15%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Haight Township3% work in Interior Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 69.4%Highest 67.2%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 75.7 miLowest 114.4 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miLowest 1.1 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8 8
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.7Highest 0.5Lowest
Michigan average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Interior Township

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Stannard Township656 people · $110K homes
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Duncan Township203 people · $90K homes
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Watersmeet Township1,041 people · $265K homes
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Iron River Township861 people · $154K homes

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Loud Township218 people · $97K homes
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Hematite Township292 people · $88K homes
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Chatham135 people · $131K homes

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.

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