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%

Millen Township$850/mo

Typical home $142K (Census) · tax rate 0.87% · Housing →

Bismarck Township$780/mo

Typical home $127K (Census) · tax rate 1.06% · Housing →

The difference: $70 a month, about $900 a year, between Millen Township and Bismarck 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

46 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Millen TownshipAlcona County Bismarck TownshipPresque Isle County

Millen Township ↔ Bismarck Township46 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

Millen TownshipBismarck Township

People

Population 367Lowest 413Highest

Median age 61.4±5.4Highest 53% above MI 59.9±3.6Lowest 49% above MI

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

Kids under 18 10.1%±5.9Lowest MI: 21.2% 10.2%±5.9Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 40.6%±5.5Highest MI: 18.6% 36.1%±5.3Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.7%Lowest MI: 32.4% 12.9%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.9%±4.6Highest MI: 6.1% 0.5%±2.8Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $55,469±$6kLowest 24% below MI $55,875±$9kHighest 23% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $142,400±$22kHighest 39% below MI $126,600±$27kLowest 45% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,244Lowest 57% below MI $1,343Highest 54% below MI

Below poverty line 15.8%Highest MI: 13.2% 8%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 97.5%Highest MI: 73.2% 95.8%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974 2 yrs newer than MI 1974 2 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 43 minHighest 79% above MI 26 minLowest 9% above MI

Work from home 5.2%±7.1 MI: 13.5% 5.2%±7 MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.3 miLowest 28.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13 0.13

Top workplaceoutside town Gustin Township (17%)Rogers City (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Bismarck TownshipFew work in Millen Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 64.6%Highest 22.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 70.9 miLowest 80.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miLowest 1.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.8Highest 0.7Lowest

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.

Millen Township vs Bismarck Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Bismarck Township gets 46 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs about the same each month

46 miles apart

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