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%

Kinde$1,030/mo

Typical home $157K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.57% · or rent about $725/mo · Housing →

Waldron$920/mo

Typical home $150K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.10% · or rent about $850/mo · Housing →

The difference: $100 a month, about $1,200 a year, between Kinde and Waldron.

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

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

KindeWaldron

Snow a year47″33″

January low16°F —

July high77°F —

Growing season (days)173d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)29th 31st

Outdoors & history

KindeWaldron

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0.7%—

Archive photos5 6

Famous people born here—1

Community

KindeWaldron

Library hours a week—37 hrs

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

169 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KindeMI WaldronMI

Kinde ↔ Waldron169 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

KindeWaldron

People

Population 414Lowest 603Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -6.1% MI: +2%

Median age 39.6±13.7Highest about the MI average 39.2±7.5Lowest about the MI average

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

Kids under 18 24.9%±13.6Highest MI: 21.2% 21.7%±5.1Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 16.7%±7.1Highest MI: 18.6% 12.9%±4Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 2.2%Lowest MI: 32.4% 7.5%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.7%±2.9Highest MI: 6.1% 0.3%±1.9Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $49,886±$6kLowest 32% below MI $52,750±$17kHighest 28% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $94,800±$5kHighest 59% below MI $83,700±$10kLowest 64% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $725±$419Lowest 36% below MI $850±$186Highest 25% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,488Highest 49% below MI $918Lowest 68% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.3%±6.3Highest MI: 50.4% 34.6%±23Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 10.7%Highest MI: 13.2% 8.8%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.6%Highest MI: 73.2% 73.1%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1958Highest 14 yrs older than MI 1938Lowest 34 yrs older than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 18% below MI 26 minHighest 6% above MI

Work from home 4.9%±3.5Highest MI: 13.5% 1.9%±3.1Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.7%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miLowest 23.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.41Highest 0.12Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Bad Axe (15%)Hillsdale (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WaldronFew work in Kinde

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 18.6Lowest 27.1Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Kinde vs Waldron

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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