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%

Vergennes Township$2,350/mo

Typical home $392K (Census) · tax rate 0.90% · or rent about $1,824/mo · Housing →

DeWitt$2,070/mo

Typical home $310K (Census) · tax rate 1.70% · or rent about $1,072/mo · Housing →

The difference: $290 a month, about $3,400 a year, between Vergennes Township and DeWitt.

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

DeWitt places higher on 14 of 20 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

–Vergennes TownshipNot graded B+DeWittSafer than 73% of U.S. towns

Schools

AVergennes TownshipBetter than 91% of districts in the state ADeWittBetter than 92% of districts in the state

Health

A−Vergennes TownshipHealthier than 77% of U.S. towns ADeWittHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns

6Vergennes Township

14DeWitt

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #610#233 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #525#204 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #668#380 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #485#273 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #118#5 Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #557#678 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #144#37 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #64#169

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

Vergennes TownshipDeWitt

Snow a year66″50″

January low—17°F

July high—83°F

Growing season (days)—162d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)22nd 48th

Outdoors & history

Vergennes TownshipDeWitt

Trails17 mi 2 mi

Conserved land11.5%15.5%

Settled—1833

National Register places2 —

Archive photos2 9

Famous people born here—3

Community

Vergennes TownshipDeWitt

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

41 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Vergennes TownshipKent County DeWittMI

Vergennes Township ↔ DeWitt41 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

Vergennes TownshipDeWitt

People

Population 4,853Highest 4,777Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.2%Highest MI: +2% +6%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 42.4±6.5Highest 5% above MI 41.9±2.5Lowest 4% above MI

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

Kids under 18 27.3%±6.4Highest MI: 21.2% 24.7%±3.9Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 17.2%±4.6Lowest MI: 18.6% 17.9%±4Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 54%Highest MI: 32.4% 51%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.4%±1.1Lowest MI: 6.1% 4.2%±1.4Highest MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $113,482±$24kHighest 56% above MI $110,341±$12kLowest 51% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $392,300±$38kHighest 69% above MI $309,900±$25kLowest 34% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,824±$153Highest 62% above MI $1,072±$119Lowest 5% below MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,533Lowest 22% above MI $5,281Highest 82% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32.6%±28.2Highest MI: 50.4% 30.4%±14.4Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 1.5%Lowest MI: 13.2% 5.6%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87%Highest MI: 73.2% 82.5%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992Highest 20 yrs newer than MI 1985Lowest 13 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 11% above MI 23 minLowest 5% below MI

Work from home 21.8%±7.3Highest MI: 13.5% 20%±4.1Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.5%Lowest 5.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.3 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.33Lowest 0.46Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Grand Rapids (20%)Lansing (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DeWittFew work in Vergennes Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 11.5%Lowest 15.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 16.9 miHighest 2.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 10Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.6Lowest 44.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #54 of 493 in MI #79 of 493 in MI

School district Lowell Area SchoolsDeWitt Public Schools

High school in town Lowell Senior High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 18.7 —

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.

Vergennes Township vs DeWitt

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $290 more a month in Vergennes Township

DeWitt places higher on 14 of 20 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

41 miles apart

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