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%

Interior Township$580/mo

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

Hematite Township$540/mo

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

Interior TownshipHematite Township

Interior Township ↔ Hematite 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

Interior TownshipHematite Township

People

Population 226Lowest 292Highest

Median age 63.1±6.5Highest 57% above MI 60.9±10.5Lowest 51% 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 4.4%±11.5Lowest MI: 21.2% 12%±9.6Highest 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+ 45.6%±1.6Highest MI: 18.6% 45.5%±10.9Lowest 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+ 14.7%Highest MI: 32.4% 9.2%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±6.9Lowest MI: 6.1% 1.4%±4.1Highest 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 $42,500±$18kHighest 42% below MI $40,972±$2kLowest 44% 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 $92,000±$10kHighest 60% below MI $87,600±$21kLowest 62% 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 $1,211Highest 58% below MI $953Lowest 67% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest MI: 50.4% 56.3%±100Highest 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 19.5%Highest MI: 13.2% 15.1%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 0%±14.3Lowest MI: 13.5% 25.9%±25.2Highest 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 2.6%Lowest 2.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 39.8 miHighest 14.8 miLowest

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

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 69.4%Highest 16.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 75.7 miLowest 169.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miLowest 1.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 2Lowest

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

Michigan average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Haight Township190 people · $170K homes

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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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Loud Township218 people · $97K homes

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Trout Lake Township203 people · $130K homes

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Chatham135 people · $131K homes

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Logan Township287 people · $150K 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.

Interior Township vs Hematite 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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