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%

Newaygo$1,880/mo

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

Mount Morris$560/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

14Newaygo

7Mount Morris

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

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

Left end = #1 in Michigan. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Newaygo’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

NewaygoMount Morris

Snow a year48″40″

January low14°F 16°F

July high83°F 82°F

Growing season (days)135d 162d

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

Outdoors & history

NewaygoMount Morris

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land6.3%9.1%

Settled1847 1867

Archive photos18 1

Famous people born here3 3

Community

NewaygoMount Morris

Library hours a week41 hrs 40 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.

NewaygoMI Mount MorrisMI

Newaygo ↔ Mount Morris108 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

NewaygoMount Morris

People

Population 2,512Lowest 3,117Highest

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

Median age 31±4Lowest 23% below MI 33±4.2Highest 18% 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 31.2%±6.7Highest MI: 21.2% 28%±7.9Lowest 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+ 16.6%±3.7Highest MI: 18.6% 9.1%±2.8Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.7%±1.7Lowest MI: 6.1% 2.3%±1.7Highest 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 $40,689±$5kLowest 44% below MI $48,794±$8kHighest 33% 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 $115,200±$28kHighest 50% below MI $86,600±$13kLowest 63% 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 $1,040±$108Highest 8% below MI $1,001±$207Lowest 11% 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 $2,029Highest 30% below MI $1,223Lowest 58% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 60.2%±8.6Lowest MI: 50.4% 61%±21.8Highest 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 19.9%Lowest MI: 13.2% 22.7%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 3.3%±2.3Highest MI: 13.5% 2.1%±2.3Lowest 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 13.4%Highest 3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.8 miHighest 17.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Mount MorrisFew work in Newaygo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.3%Lowest 9.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 1Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district Newaygo Public School DistrictMt. Morris Consolidated Schools

High school in town Newaygo High SchoolMt Morris Education and Community Center

Students per teacherat that high school 18.9Lowest 22.7Highest

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.

Newaygo vs Mount Morris

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

108 miles apart

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