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%

Pine Grove Township$1,200/mo

Typical home $192K (Census) · tax rate 1.23% · or rent about $842/mo · Housing →

Brooks Township$1,480/mo

Typical home $244K (Census) · tax rate 0.99% · or rent about $1,167/mo · Housing →

The difference: $280 a month, about $3,300 a year, between Brooks Township and Pine Grove 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

Pine Grove Township gets 45 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

Pine Grove TownshipBrooks Township

Snow a year109″64″

January low17°F —

July high83°F —

Growing season (days)156d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)38th 31st

Outdoors & history

Pine Grove TownshipBrooks Township

Trails1 mi 27 mi

Conserved land2.2%23.2%

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Pine Grove TownshipBrooks 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.

Report cards

Brooks 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.

Health

C−Pine Grove TownshipHealthier than 22% of U.S. towns CBrooks TownshipHealthier than 26% of U.S. towns

7Pine Grove Township

10Brooks Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #515#32 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #596#191 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #323#6 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #135#464 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #439#233 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #235#414 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #353#529 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #358#186

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

Where they are

72 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pine Grove TownshipVan Buren County Brooks TownshipNewaygo County

Pine Grove Township ↔ Brooks Township72 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

Pine Grove TownshipBrooks Township

People

Population 3,019Lowest 3,771Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.5%Lowest MI: +2% +5.6%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 45.1±3.2Lowest 12% above MI 45.4±5.9Highest 13% above MI

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

Kids under 18 20.2%±5.1Highest MI: 21.2% 17.7%±3.9Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 20.1%±3.5Highest MI: 18.6% 19.6%±4.3Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.8%Highest MI: 32.4% 21.6%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.5%±1Lowest MI: 6.1% 1.6%±1.3Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $69,239±$7kLowest 5% below MI $77,734±$17kHighest 7% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $192,200±$41kLowest 17% below MI $244,100±$43kHighest 5% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $842±$86Lowest 25% below MI $1,167±$567Highest 3% above MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,359Lowest 19% below MI $2,426Highest 16% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48%±27Lowest MI: 50.4% 56.2%±41.2Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 7.4%Lowest MI: 13.2% 7.7%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.6%Lowest MI: 73.2% 92.1%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Highest 11 yrs newer than MI 1976Lowest 4 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minLowest 38% above MI 34 minHighest 42% above MI

Work from home 11.7%±5Highest MI: 13.5% 10.5%±4.9Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.8%Highest 1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miLowest 28.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13Lowest 0.14Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Kalamazoo (15%)Grand Rapids (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Brooks TownshipFew work in Pine Grove Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.2%Lowest 23.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miLowest 27.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.6Lowest 4.5Highest

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.

Pine Grove Township vs Brooks Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $280 more a month in Brooks Township

Pine Grove Township gets 45 more inches of snow a year

Brooks Township places higher on 10 of 19 MI lists

72 miles apart

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