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%

Olive Township$1,790/mo

Typical home $296K (Census) · tax rate 0.95% · or rent about $789/mo · Housing →

Hamlin Township$1,560/mo

Typical home $253K (Census) · tax rate 1.14% · or rent about $1,205/mo · Housing →

The difference: $220 a month, about $2,700 a year, between Olive Township and Hamlin 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.

Report cards

Olive Township places higher on 15 of 18 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.

Schools

–Olive TownshipNot graded B−Hamlin TownshipBetter than 45% of districts in the state

Health

A−Olive TownshipHealthier than 77% of U.S. towns B−Hamlin TownshipHealthier than 52% of U.S. towns

15Olive Township

3Hamlin Township

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #85#498 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #96#367 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #126#474 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #157#478 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #308#603 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #89#307 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #137#348 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #233#439

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

Olive TownshipHamlin Township

Snow a year50″38″

January low17°F 15°F

July high83°F 82°F

Growing season (days)162d 164d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 34th

Outdoors & history

Olive TownshipHamlin Township

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2.6%2.1%

National Register places1 —

Archive photos1 —

Community

Olive TownshipHamlin Township

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

31 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Olive TownshipClinton County Hamlin TownshipEaton County

Olive Township ↔ Hamlin Township31 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

Olive TownshipHamlin Township

People

Population 2,530Lowest 3,227Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.4%Highest MI: +2% -3.5%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 43.9±2.5Lowest 9% above MI 44.2±5Highest 10% above MI

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

Kids under 18 21.4%±4Lowest MI: 21.2% 23.3%±6.3Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 21.7%±4.3Highest MI: 18.6% 17.6%±4.5Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.7%Highest MI: 32.4% 24.9%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±1.6Highest MI: 6.1% 1.6%±1.4Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $101,500±$8kHighest 39% above MI $91,944±$17kLowest 26% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $296,100±$29kHighest 28% above MI $252,800±$17kLowest 9% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $789±$357Lowest 30% below MI $1,205±$156Highest 7% above MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,803Lowest 3% below MI $2,872Highest about the MI average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 84.1%±47.2Highest MI: 50.4% 0%±61.1Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 7%Highest MI: 13.2% 1.9%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 94.5%Lowest MI: 73.2% 96.3%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Lowest 5 yrs newer than MI 1983Highest 11 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 11% above MI 26 minLowest 9% above MI

Work from home 19.9%±4.8Highest MI: 13.5% 18.4%±7.1Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.2%Highest 2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 18.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.32Highest 0.13Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lansing (25%)Lansing (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Hamlin TownshipFew work in Olive Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.6%Highest 2.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.6Lowest 4.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#302 of 493 in MI

School district —Island City Academy

High school in town —None in town

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.

Olive Township vs Hamlin Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $220 more a month in Olive Township

Olive Township places higher on 15 of 18 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

31 miles apart

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