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%

Mount Morris$560/mo

Typical home $87K (Census) · tax rate 1.41% · or rent about $1,001/mo · Housing →

Newaygo$1,880/mo

Typical home $280K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.76% · or rent about $1,040/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,320 a month, about $15,900 a year, between Newaygo and Mount Morris.

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.

Report cards

Newaygo places higher on 14 of 21 MI lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Michigan ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

DMount MorrisSafer than 5% of U.S. towns C−NewaygoSafer than 23% of U.S. towns

Schools

DMount MorrisBetter than 10% of districts in the state BNewaygoBetter than 62% of districts in the state

Health

D−Mount MorrisHealthier than 4% of U.S. towns C+NewaygoHealthier than 40% of U.S. towns

7Mount Morris

14Newaygo

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #534#6 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #677#169 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #709#260 Most new homesHousing · 512 towns #353#156 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #716#439 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #704#430 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #290#17 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #717#467

Left end = #1 in Michigan. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Mount Morris’s rankings →

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

Mount MorrisNewaygo

Snow a year40″48″

January low16°F 14°F

July high82°F 83°F

Growing season (days)162d 135d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)12th 31st

Outdoors & history

Mount MorrisNewaygo

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land9.1%6.3%

Settled1867 1847

Archive photos1 18

Famous people born here3 3

Community

Mount MorrisNewaygo

Library hours a week40 hrs 41 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

108 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Mount MorrisMI NewaygoMI

Mount Morris ↔ Newaygo108 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

Mount MorrisNewaygo

People

Population 3,117Highest 2,512Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.7%Lowest MI: +2% +25.1%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 33±4.2Highest 18% below MI 31±4Lowest 23% below MI

Mount Morris and Newaygo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 28%±7.9Lowest MI: 21.2% 31.2%±6.7Highest MI: 21.2%

Newaygo and Mount Morris are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 9.1%±2.8Lowest MI: 18.6% 16.6%±3.7Highest MI: 18.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 5.2%Lowest MI: 32.4% 10.5%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±1.7Highest MI: 6.1% 1.7%±1.7Lowest MI: 6.1%

Mount Morris and Newaygo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $48,794±$8kHighest 33% below MI $40,689±$5kLowest 44% below MI

Mount Morris and Newaygo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $86,600±$13kLowest 63% below MI $115,200±$28kHighest 50% below MI

Newaygo and Mount Morris are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,001±$207Lowest 11% below MI $1,040±$108Highest 8% below MI

Newaygo and Mount Morris are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,223Lowest 58% below MI $2,029Highest 30% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61%±21.8Highest MI: 50.4% 60.2%±8.6Lowest MI: 50.4%

Mount Morris and Newaygo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 22.7%Highest MI: 13.2% 19.9%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55.5%Lowest MI: 73.2% 58.3%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1953Lowest 19 yrs older than MI 1970Highest 2 yrs older than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 4% above MI 28 minHighest 14% above MI

Work from home 2.1%±2.3Lowest MI: 13.5% 3.3%±2.3Highest MI: 13.5%

Newaygo and Mount Morris are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 3%Lowest 13.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 27.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.55Lowest 2.01Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Flint (10%)Grand Rapids (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in NewaygoFew work in Mount Morris

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.1%Highest 6.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 6Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 81.9Highest 31.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #477 of 493 in MI #323 of 493 in MI

School district Mt. Morris Consolidated SchoolsNewaygo Public School District

High school in town Mt Morris Education and Community CenterNewaygo High School

Students per teacherat that high school 22.7Highest 18.9Lowest

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.

Mount Morris vs Newaygo

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,320 more a month in Newaygo

Newaygo places higher on 14 of 21 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

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