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
21 miles apart
Straight-line miles between town centers.
Merrill TownshipHowe Township
Merrill Township ↔ Howe Township21 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.
Merrill TownshipHowe Township
Your priorities
People
Population12Highest10Lowest
Median age60.8±5.1Lowest 69% above ND62.8±3.8Highest 75% above ND
Howe Township and Merrill Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 180%±100 ND: 23.5%0%±100 ND: 23.5%
Age 65+8.3%±100Lowest ND: 16.5%40%±100Highest ND: 16.5%
Howe Township and Merrill Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.
