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%

Lockport Township$1,200/mo

Typical home $198K (Census) · tax rate 1.02% · or rent about $955/mo · Housing →

Fabius Township$1,620/mo

Typical home $271K (Census) · tax rate 0.89% · or rent about $687/mo · Housing →

The difference: $420 a month, about $5,000 a year, between Fabius Township and Lockport 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

Lockport Township and Fabius Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Lockport TownshipFabius Township

Lockport Township ↔ Fabius Township6.0 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Report cards

Fabius Township places higher on 10 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

–Lockport TownshipNot graded B+Fabius TownshipBetter than 70% of districts in the state

Health

CLockport TownshipHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns C+Fabius TownshipHealthier than 36% of U.S. towns

4Lockport Township

10Fabius Township

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

Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #531#201 Most educatedPeople · 723 towns #580#256 Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #401#159 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #255#29 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #263#486 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #523#344 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #660#456 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #525#335

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

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

Lockport TownshipFabius Township

Snow a year41″41″

January low17°F 17°F

July high82°F 82°F

Growing season (days)170d 170d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)35th 17th

Outdoors & history

Lockport TownshipFabius Township

Trails2 mi 12 mi

Conserved land0.6%2.8%

Settled1840 1829

Famous people born here—1

Community

Lockport TownshipFabius Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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.

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

Lockport TownshipFabius Township

People

Population 3,763Highest 3,317Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.5%Lowest MI: +2% +1.9%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 43.2±4.1Lowest 7% above MI 55.7±3.8Highest 39% above MI

Kids under 18 24.5%±4.9Highest MI: 21.2% 17.5%±4.7Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 19.1%±3.7Lowest MI: 18.6% 29.6%±5.3Highest MI: 18.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.2%Lowest MI: 32.4% 31.5%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.7%±1.2Lowest MI: 6.1% 2.9%±1.8Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $73,929±$18kLowest about the MI average $95,875±$17kHighest 32% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $197,800±$23kLowest 15% below MI $270,700±$26kHighest 17% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $955±$59Highest 15% below MI $687±$163Lowest 39% below MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,011Lowest 31% below MI $2,406Highest 17% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 54.7%±28.5Highest MI: 50.4% 3.5%±34Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 13%Highest MI: 13.2% 8.8%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.9%Lowest MI: 73.2% 95.3%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Highest 9 yrs newer than MI 1974Lowest 2 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest about the MI average 24 minHighest about the MI average

Work from home 7.3%±3.8Lowest MI: 13.5% 13.8%±8Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.6%Lowest 1.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miLowest 19.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.37Highest 0.23Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Three Rivers (18%)Three Rivers (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Fabius TownshipFew work in Lockport Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 2.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.4 miLowest 11.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 5.8Lowest 6.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#65 of 493 in MI

School district —Three Rivers Community Schools

High school in town —None in town

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.

Lockport Township vs Fabius Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $420 more a month in Fabius Township

Lockport Township and Fabius Township share a border

Fabius Township places higher on 10 of 19 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

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