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.

Report cards

Lima Township places higher on 12 of 19 MI lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Michigan ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

ALima TownshipBetter than 92% of districts in the state A−Resort TownshipBetter than 83% of districts in the state

Health

A+Lima TownshipHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns A−Resort TownshipHealthier than 81% of U.S. towns

12Lima Township

6Resort Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #71#697 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #1#448 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #671#138 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #475#209 Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #679#441 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #41#245 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #23#202 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #188#348

Left end = #1 in Michigan. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Lima Township’s rankings →

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Lima 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.

Down paymentRate%

Lima Township$2,570/mo

Typical home $405K (Census) · tax rate 1.33% · or rent about $1,869/mo · Housing →

Resort Township$2,310/mo

Typical home $395K (Census) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $844/mo · Housing →

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,100 a year, between Lima Township and Resort 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.

Where they are

217 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Lima TownshipWashtenaw County Resort TownshipEmmet County

Lima Township ↔ Resort Township217 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

Lima TownshipResort Township

People

Population 4,058Highest 2,839Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +21.7%Highest MI: +2% +5.1%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 42.1±3Lowest 5% above MI 43.9±7Highest 9% above MI

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

Kids under 18 26.2%±5.4Highest MI: 21.2% 20.1%±3.7Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 15.7%±3Lowest MI: 18.6% 20.4%±4.1Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 51% MI: 32.4% 51% MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±2.4Lowest MI: 6.1% 6.4%±4Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $119,236±$15kHighest 64% above MI $103,929±$22kLowest 43% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $404,700±$40kHighest 75% above MI $394,500±$40kLowest 70% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,869±$375Highest 66% above MI $844±$19Lowest 25% below MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,366Highest 85% above MI $2,946Lowest about the MI average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 5.8%±13Lowest MI: 50.4% 17%±23.4Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 1.5%Lowest MI: 13.2% 4.2%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 86.6%Lowest MI: 73.2% 90.3%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992 20 yrs newer than MI 1992 20 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 6% below MI 20 minLowest 18% below MI

Work from home 23.2%±5.6Highest MI: 13.5% 12.8%±4.9Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.1%Lowest 6.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miHighest 7.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.28Lowest 0.93Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Ann Arbor (27%)Petoskey (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Resort TownshipFew work in Lima Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.9%Highest 4.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.6 miLowest 15.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 13Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.0Lowest 6.3Highest

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

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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.

Lima Township vs Resort Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Resort Township gets 91 more inches of snow a year

Lima Township places higher on 12 of 19 MI lists

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Lima Township

217 miles apart

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