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 →

Logan Township$930/mo

Typical home $150K (Census) · tax rate 1.12% · or rent about $1,075/mo · Housing →

The difference: $80 a month, about $900 a year, between Logan Township and Millen 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

134 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Millen TownshipAlcona County Logan TownshipMason County

Millen Township ↔ Logan Township134 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

Millen TownshipLogan Township

People

Population 367Highest 287Lowest

Median age 61.4±5.4Lowest 53% above MI 63.9±4.7Highest 59% above MI

Logan Township and Millen 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% 11.1%±8.9Highest MI: 21.2%

Logan 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%±5.5Lowest MI: 18.6% 46%±4.4Highest MI: 18.6%

Logan Township and Millen 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% 14.8%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.9%±4.6Highest MI: 6.1% 0%±5.4Lowest MI: 6.1%

Millen Township and Logan 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 $58,125±$14kHighest 20% below MI

Logan 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±$22kLowest 39% below MI $150,000±$59kHighest 35% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $1,075±$713 5% below MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,244Lowest 57% below MI $1,682Highest 42% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 0%±100 MI: 50.4%

Below poverty line 15.8%Lowest MI: 13.2% 23%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 97.5%Highest MI: 73.2% 96.1%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Lowest 2 yrs newer than MI 1987Highest 15 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 43 minHighest 79% above MI 34 minLowest 39% above MI

Work from home 5.2%±7.1Lowest MI: 13.5% 12.9%±12.1Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 0.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.3 miHighest 25.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13 0.13

Top workplaceoutside town Gustin Township (17%)Pere Marquette Township (16%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 64.6%Highest 43.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 70.9 miHighest 61.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miLowest 1.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.8Lowest 2.1Highest

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.

Millen Township vs Logan Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Logan Township gets 33 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs about the same each month

134 miles apart

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