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Riverview vs Grosse Ile Township

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (7.3× in Grosse Ile Township) and street grid (3.8× in Riverview).

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Riverview, MIAn outdoors townMichigan · 12,186 people
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Grosse Ile Township, MIKnown for its schoolsWayne County · 10,344 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 $970 more a month in Grosse Ile 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.

Riverview$1,690/mo
Typical home $248K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.90% · or rent about $1,101/mo · Housing →
Grosse Ile Township$2,660/mo
Typical home $399K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.70% · or rent about $1,414/mo · Housing →

The difference: $970 a month, about $11,600 a year, between Grosse Ile Township and Riverview.

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

Grosse Ile Township 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.

Where they are

Riverview and Grosse Ile Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RiverviewGrosse Ile TownshipRiverviewGrosse Ile Township
Riverview ↔ Grosse Ile Township3.9 miles apart · They share a border
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
RiverviewGrosse Ile Township
Snow a year54″54″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)12th23rd
Outdoors & history
RiverviewGrosse Ile Township
Trails2 mi12 mi
Conserved land17%5.8%
Settled19231914
National Register places—6
Archive photos6—
Famous people born here—1
Community
RiverviewGrosse Ile Township
Library hours a week38 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.

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.

RiverviewGrosse Ile Township
People
Population 12,186Highest 10,344Lowest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census 0%Lowest MI: +2% +4%Highest MI: +2%
Median age 40.6±4.4Lowest about the MI average 50.4±2.2Highest 25% above MI
Kids under 18 21.7%±3.8Highest MI: 21.2% 19.5%±3Lowest MI: 21.2%
Riverview and Grosse Ile Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 25.3%±2.9Lowest MI: 18.6% 28.6%±2.9Highest MI: 18.6%
Grosse Ile Township and Riverview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.3%Lowest MI: 32.4% 50.2%Highest MI: 32.4%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±1.1Lowest MI: 6.1% 4%±1.2Highest MI: 6.1%
Grosse Ile Township and Riverview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $73,468±$5kLowest about the MI average $126,582±$7kHighest 74% above MI
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $215,100±$14kLowest 7% below MI $355,900±$14kHighest 54% above MI
Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,101±$64Lowest about the MI average $1,414±$167Highest 25% above MI
Property taxmedian, yearly $4,079Lowest 40% above MI $6,042Highest 108% above MI
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 40.9%±8.9Highest MI: 50.4% 23.7%±17.1Lowest MI: 50.4%
Riverview and Grosse Ile Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 7.3%Highest MI: 13.2% 4.1%Lowest MI: 13.2%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 64.3%Lowest MI: 73.2% 91.9%Highest MI: 73.2%
Typical home builtmedian year 1969Lowest 3 yrs older than MI 1971Highest 1 yr older than MI
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 24 minLowest about the MI average 31 minHighest 27% above MI
Work from home 9.7%±2.7Lowest MI: 13.5% 17.7%±4.2Highest MI: 13.5%
Work in townworking residents 5.8%Lowest 7.7%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miLowest 14.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.75Highest 0.27Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Detroit (12%)Detroit (13%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Grosse Ile TownshipFew work in Riverview
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 17%Highest 5.8%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miLowest 11.6 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.6 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 25Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 71.8Highest 18.8Lowest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #280 of 493 in MI#46 of 493 in MI
School district Riverview Community School DistrictGrosse Ile Township Schools
High school in town Riverview Community High SchoolGrosse Ile High School
Students per teacherat that high school 22.2Highest 13.7Lowest
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.

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