Next-door neighbors in Pierce County. The biggest differences: home values (5.8× in Meyer Township) and property tax bill (2.4× in Torgerson Township).
A typical home costs $1,850 more a month in Meyer 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.
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
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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.
Torgerson TownshipMeyer Township
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People
Population84Lowest155Highest
Median age56.8±7.7Highest 58% above ND17±33.6Lowest 53% below ND
Torgerson Township and Meyer Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1811.9%±21.1Lowest ND: 23.5%50.3%±17.9Highest ND: 23.5%
Meyer Township and Torgerson Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+21.4%±44.7Highest ND: 16.5%13.5%±23.6Lowest ND: 16.5%
Torgerson Township and Meyer Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.
