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%

Loud Township$590/mo

Typical home $97K (Census) · tax rate 0.96% · or rent about $431/mo · Housing →

Interior Township$580/mo

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

263 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Loud TownshipMontmorency County Interior TownshipOntonagon County

Loud Township ↔ Interior Township263 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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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

Loud TownshipInterior Township

People

Population 218Lowest 226Highest

Median age 65.2±2.7Highest 62% above MI 63.1±6.5Lowest 57% above MI

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

Kids under 18 1.4%±13.5Lowest MI: 21.2% 4.4%±11.5Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 51.4%±4.9Highest MI: 18.6% 45.6%±1.6Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.2%Highest MI: 32.4% 14.7%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±7.1 MI: 6.1% 0%±6.9 MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $46,250±$7kHighest 37% below MI $42,500±$18kLowest 42% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $97,300±$29kHighest 58% below MI $92,000±$10kLowest 60% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $431±$348 62% below MI —

Property taxmedian, yearly $935Lowest 68% below MI $1,211Highest 58% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 70%±100Highest MI: 50.4% 0%±100Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 14%Lowest MI: 13.2% 19.5%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 93.3%Highest MI: 73.2% 87.7%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 3 yrs newer than MI 1976Highest 4 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 16% below MI 29 minHighest 19% above MI

Work from home 10%±15.5Highest MI: 13.5% 0%±14.3Lowest MI: 13.5%

Loud 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 1.2%Lowest 2.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 33.8 miLowest 39.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.23Highest 0.10Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Alpena (12%)Watersmeet Township (17%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 49.1%Lowest 69.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 49.1 miLowest 75.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.8Highest 0.7Lowest

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.

Loud Township vs Interior Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Interior Township gets 64 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs about the same each month

263 miles apart

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