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%

Saline$3,150/mo

Typical home $469K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.78% · or rent about $1,054/mo · Housing →

Lodi Township$2,980/mo

Typical home $471K (Census) · tax rate 1.29% · or rent about $1,107/mo · Housing →

The difference: $180 a month, about $2,100 a year, between Saline and Lodi 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

Lodi 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.

Safety

BSalineSafer than 59% of U.S. towns –Lodi TownshipNot graded

Schools

A+SalineBetter than 95% of districts in the state A+Lodi TownshipBetter than 95% of districts in the state

Health

ASalineHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns A+Lodi TownshipHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns

6Saline

10Lodi Township

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #44#321 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #525#196 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #116#390 Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #227#23 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #350#172 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #233#116 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #602#703 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #359#410

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

SalineLodi Township

Snow a year59″61″

January low16°F 16°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)157d 160d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)19th 19th

Outdoors & history

SalineLodi Township

Trails9 mi 14 mi

Conserved land6%7%

Settled1832 —

National Register places19 —

Archive photos6 6

Community

SalineLodi Township

Library hours a week64 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.

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

SalineLodi Township

People

Population 9,006Highest 6,394Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.6%Lowest MI: +2% +5.9%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 46.7±4Highest 16% above MI 43.7±4.4Lowest 9% above MI

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

Kids under 18 17.9%±3.1Lowest MI: 21.2% 23.1%±3.9Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 28.6%±5.7Highest MI: 18.6% 21.6%±3.7Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 59.2%Lowest MI: 32.4% 59.8%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±1.3Lowest MI: 6.1% 4.7%±1.6Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $88,346±$13kLowest 21% above MI $137,727±$15kHighest 89% above MI

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $341,300±$21kLowest 47% above MI $470,700±$30kHighest 103% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,054±$181Lowest 7% below MI $1,107±$1kHighest about the MI average

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,066Lowest 109% above MI $6,091Highest 110% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.2%±15.2Lowest MI: 50.4% 55%±31.5Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 5.8%Highest MI: 13.2% 3.7%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 69.2%Lowest MI: 73.2% 97.2%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1980Lowest 8 yrs newer than MI 1987Highest 15 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 15% above MI 22 minLowest 11% below MI

Work from home 23.1%±5.9Highest MI: 13.5% 21.5%±5.2Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 11%Highest 3.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 10.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.21Highest 0.27Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Ann Arbor (25%)Ann Arbor (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lodi Township5% work in Saline

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6%Lowest 7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 9.3 miLowest 13.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.1 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 27Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 67.8Highest 7.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #27 of 493 in MI—

School district Saline Area Schools—

High school in town Saline Alternative High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 15.5 —

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.

Saline vs Lodi Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Saline and Lodi Township share a border

A typical home costs $180 more a month in Saline

Lodi Township places higher on 10 of 19 MI lists

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