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Peninsula Township vs Webster Township

193 miles apart. The biggest differences: trails (4.4× in Peninsula Township) and age 65+ (+19.2 pts in Peninsula Township).

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Peninsula Township, MIAn outdoors townGrand Traverse County · 6,097 people
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Webster Township, MIAn outdoors townWashtenaw County · 6,575 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $620 more a month in Peninsula Township

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.

Peninsula Township$4,210/mo
Typical home $707K (Census) · tax rate 0.86% · or rent about $1,589/mo · Housing →
Webster Township$3,590/mo
Typical home $564K (Census) · tax rate 1.35% · or rent about $1,782/mo · Housing →

The difference: $620 a month, about $7,500 a year, between Peninsula Township and Webster 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.

Life in each

Peninsula Township gets 53 more inches of snow a year

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
Peninsula TownshipWebster Township
Snow a year115″61″
January low19°F16°F
July high79°F84°F
Growing season (days)182d160d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)6th27th
Outdoors & history
Peninsula TownshipWebster Township
Trails33 mi8 mi
Conserved land16%16.8%
National Register places31
Archive photos56
Community
Peninsula TownshipWebster Township
Library hours a week43 hrs—
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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.

Report cards

Webster Township places higher on 10 of 19 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.

Where they are

193 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Peninsula Township ↔ Webster Township193 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.

Peninsula TownshipWebster Township
People
Population 6,097Lowest 6,575Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +11.7%Highest MI: +2% -3.1%Lowest MI: +2%
Median age 58.4±3.5Highest 45% above MI 48.1±4Lowest 20% above MI
Kids under 18 12.8%±3.8Lowest MI: 21.2% 20.7%±3.9Highest MI: 21.2%
Age 65+ 37.7%±6.2Highest MI: 18.6% 18.5%±3.3Lowest MI: 18.6%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 70.9%Highest MI: 32.4% 70.2%Lowest MI: 32.4%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±2.3Lowest MI: 6.1% 9.1%±3.8Highest MI: 6.1%
Webster Township and Peninsula Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $137,787±$20kLowest 89% above MI $155,104±$17kHighest 113% above MI
Webster Township and Peninsula Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $706,900±$91kHighest 205% above MI $564,000±$47kLowest 144% above MI
Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,589±$814Lowest 41% above MI $1,782±$1kHighest 58% above MI
Webster Township and Peninsula Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $6,092Lowest 110% above MI $7,602Highest 162% above MI
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39.2%±23.2Highest MI: 50.4% 32%±48.8Lowest MI: 50.4%
Peninsula Township and Webster Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 4.2%Highest MI: 13.2% 3.5%Lowest MI: 13.2%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 90.2%Lowest MI: 73.2% 95.2%Highest MI: 73.2%
Typical home builtmedian year 1990Lowest 18 yrs newer than MI 1991Highest 19 yrs newer than MI
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 19% below MI 27 minHighest 11% above MI
Work from home 31.9%±6.9Highest MI: 13.5% 27.5%±6.7Lowest MI: 13.5%
Peninsula Township and Webster Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 9.1%Highest 2.9%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 13.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.32Highest 0.14Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Traverse City (39%)Ann Arbor (25%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Webster TownshipFew work in Peninsula Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 16%Lowest 16.8%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 33.2 miHighest 7.6 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miHighest 0.2 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 31Highest 7Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 11.3Highest 6.2Lowest
Schools
School district Old Mission Peninsula School—
High school in town None in town—
Michigan average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
Deciding?

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Peninsula Township neighborsTown Square →

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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.

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