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%

Maybee$1,810/mo

Typical home $298K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.01% · or rent about $943/mo · Housing →

Horton Township$1,820/mo

Typical home $307K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $820/mo · 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

MaybeeHorton Township

Snow a year39″53″

January low17°F 10°F

July high84°F 80°F

Growing season (days)176d 143d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd 30th

Outdoors & history

MaybeeHorton Township

Trails0 mi 28 mi

Conserved land0.1%6.5%

Settled1873 —

Community

MaybeeHorton Township

Library hours a week28 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

155 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MaybeeMI Horton TownshipOgemaw County

Maybee ↔ Horton Township155 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

MaybeeHorton Township

People

Population 634Lowest 783Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3%Lowest MI: +2% -2.7%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 44.8±10.6Lowest 11% above MI 44.9±7.1Highest 12% above MI

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

Kids under 18 19.9%±5.1Lowest MI: 21.2% 20.2%±5.7Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 14%±3.3Lowest MI: 18.6% 20.6%±2.2Highest MI: 18.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.3%Highest MI: 32.4% 16.6%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.2%±4Highest MI: 6.1% 1%±1.1Lowest MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $54,706±$12kHighest 25% below MI $47,321±$13kLowest 35% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $251,000±$79kHighest 8% above MI $164,400±$71kLowest 29% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $943±$181Highest 16% below MI $820±$139Lowest 27% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,531Highest 13% below MI $1,359Lowest 53% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 67.3%±34.4Highest MI: 50.4% 32.9%±29.3Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 16.1%Highest MI: 13.2% 12%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62.8%Lowest MI: 73.2% 67.8%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 15 yrs older than MI 1976Highest 4 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 19% above MI 21 minLowest 14% below MI

Work from home 15.2%±15.3Highest MI: 13.5% 2%±2.6Lowest MI: 13.5%

Maybee and Horton 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 1.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miLowest 36.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.23Lowest 0.53Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Exeter Township (7%)West Branch (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Horton TownshipFew work in Maybee

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.1%Lowest 6.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 27.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 15.2Highest 1.7Lowest

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.

Maybee vs Horton 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

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