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%

Le Roy$870/mo

Typical home $138K (Census) · tax rate 1.34% · Housing →

Grim Township$860/mo

Typical home $145K (Census) · tax rate 0.77% · 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.

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

Le RoyGrim Township

Snow a year61″49″

January low13°F 13°F

July high81°F 82°F

Growing season (days)142d 148d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)16th 44th

Outdoors & history

Le RoyGrim Township

Trails0 mi 141 mi

Conserved land0%11.4%

Archive photos—2

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Le RoyGrim Township

Library hours a week27 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

61 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Le RoyMI Grim TownshipGladwin County

Le Roy ↔ Grim Township61 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

Le RoyGrim Township

People

Population 202Lowest 214Highest

Median age 47.5±11.3Lowest 18% above MI 50.4±10Highest 25% above MI

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

Kids under 18 17.3%±7.4Lowest MI: 21.2% 20.6%±9.7Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 16.3%±8.8Highest MI: 18.6% 12.6%±12.3Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.6%Highest MI: 32.4% 12.4%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.5%±2.6Highest MI: 6.1% 3.7%±4.9Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $70,250±$4kHighest 4% below MI $51,094±$17kLowest 30% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $137,500±$34kLowest 41% below MI $145,300±$41kHighest 37% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,839Highest 37% below MI $1,125Lowest 61% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 MI: 50.4% —

Below poverty line 6.4%Lowest MI: 13.2% 23%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 96.5%Lowest MI: 73.2% 97.8%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1946Lowest 26 yrs older than MI 1980Highest 8 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest about the MI average 39 minHighest 60% above MI

Work from home 11.8%±7.1Highest MI: 13.5% 9.8%±10.1Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.2%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miLowest 32.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.49Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Cadillac (13%)Midland (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Grim TownshipFew work in Le Roy

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 11.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 141.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 2.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 25.6Highest 0.5Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Le Roy vs Grim Township

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

61 miles apart

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