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%

Scio Township$3,330/mo

Typical home $519K (Census) · tax rate 1.40% · or rent about $1,677/mo · Housing →

Ada Township$4,090/mo

Typical home $666K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.07% · or rent about $2,139/mo · Housing →

The difference: $760 a month, about $9,100 a year, between Ada Township and Scio 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

Scio Township places higher on 9 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.

Schools

A+Scio TownshipBetter than 96% of districts in the state A+Ada TownshipBetter than 96% of districts in the state

Health

A+Scio TownshipHealthier than 98% of U.S. towns A+Ada TownshipHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns

9Scio Township

8Ada Township

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

Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #711#90 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #242#116 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #10#111 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #109#185 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #262#309 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #3#42 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #653#682 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #197#179

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

Scio TownshipAda Township

Snow a year61″66″

January low16°F —

July high84°F —

Growing season (days)160d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)17th 29th

Outdoors & history

Scio TownshipAda Township

Trails25 mi 31 mi

Conserved land9.8%10.2%

National Register places1 1

Archive photos24 15

Famous people born here—5

Community

Scio TownshipAda Township

Library hours a week—46 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.

Where they are

96 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Scio TownshipWashtenaw County Ada TownshipKent County

Scio Township ↔ Ada Township96 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

Scio TownshipAda Township

People

Population 17,725Highest 14,524Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -12.6%Lowest MI: +2% +9.5%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 42.6±2.3Highest 6% above MI 41.5±2.1Lowest 3% above MI

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

Kids under 18 25.6%±3.2Lowest MI: 21.2% 28.1%±4.9Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 19%±2.2Highest MI: 18.6% 15.6%±2.3Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 70.6%Lowest MI: 32.4% 71.9%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.8%±1.7Highest MI: 6.1% 4.3%±2.1Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $129,816±$13kLowest 78% above MI $168,468±$24kHighest 131% above MI

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $519,100±$43kLowest 124% above MI $544,700±$58kHighest 135% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,677±$104Lowest 49% above MI $2,139±$360Highest 89% above MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $7,283Highest 151% above MI $5,831Lowest 101% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 53.4%±15.3Highest MI: 50.4% 38.6%±20.1Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 6.4%Highest MI: 13.2% 2%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.9%Lowest MI: 73.2% 92.8%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1994 22 yrs newer than MI 1994 22 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 8% below MI 20 minLowest 19% below MI

Work from home 27.7%±4.7Highest MI: 13.5% 17.2%±4Lowest MI: 13.5%

Work in townworking residents 7.1%Lowest 9.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 mi 8.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.31Highest 1.14Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Ann Arbor (37%)Grand Rapids (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Ada TownshipFew work in Scio Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.8%Lowest 10.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 25.0 miLowest 31.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 mi 0.8 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 21Highest 17Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 26.1Highest 13.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #12 of 493 in MI #8 of 493 in MI

School district Honey Creek Community School · Dexter Community School DistrictForest Hills Public Schools

High school in town Dexter High SchoolCentral High School

Students per teacherat that high school 13.6Lowest 18.2Highest

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.

Scio Township vs Ada Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $760 more a month in Ada Township

Scio Township places higher on 9 of 19 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

96 miles apart

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