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 →

Grattan Township$2,180/mo

Typical home $356K (Census) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $1,138/mo · Housing →

The difference: $170 a month, about $2,100 a year, between Vergennes Township and Grattan 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.

Where they are

Vergennes Township and Grattan Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Vergennes TownshipGrattan Township

Vergennes Township ↔ Grattan Township6.8 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Report cards

Vergennes Township places higher on 14 of 17 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

AVergennes TownshipBetter than 91% of districts in the state –Grattan TownshipNot graded

Health

A−Vergennes TownshipHealthier than 77% of U.S. towns BGrattan TownshipHealthier than 62% of U.S. towns

14Vergennes Township

3Grattan Township

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #59#414 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #104#424 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #668#438 Most educatedPeople · 723 towns #59#297 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #485#658 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #610#439 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #64#199 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #209#344

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 TownshipGrattan Township

Snow a year66″66″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)22nd 8th

Outdoors & history

Vergennes TownshipGrattan Township

Trails17 mi 1 mi

Conserved land11.5%3.2%

Settled—1846

National Register places2 —

Archive photos2 —

Famous people born here—1

Community

Vergennes TownshipGrattan Township

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.

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

Vergennes TownshipGrattan Township

People

Population 4,853Highest 3,840Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.2%Highest MI: +2% +5.2%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 42.4±6.5Lowest 5% above MI 46.5±7.7Highest 16% above MI

Grattan Township and Vergennes Township 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% 16.5%±3.7Lowest MI: 21.2%

Age 65+ 17.2%±4.6Lowest MI: 18.6% 18.8%±3.6Highest MI: 18.6%

Grattan Township 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% 28.8%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.4%±1.1Highest MI: 6.1% 0.6%±0.9Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $113,482±$24kHighest 56% above MI $111,354±$19kLowest 53% above MI

Vergennes Township and Grattan Township 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 $355,800±$65kLowest 54% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,824±$153Highest 62% above MI $1,138±$35Lowest about the MI average

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,533Lowest 22% above MI $3,735Highest 29% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32.6%±28.2Highest MI: 50.4% 14%±12.2Lowest MI: 50.4%

Vergennes Township and Grattan Township 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% 1.9%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87%Lowest MI: 73.2% 87.2%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992Highest 20 yrs newer than MI 1991Lowest 19 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest 11% above MI 33 minHighest 35% above MI

Work from home 21.8%±7.3Highest MI: 13.5% 9.4%±5.5Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.5% 2.5%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.3 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.33Highest 0.13Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Grand Rapids (20%)Grand Rapids (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Grattan TownshipFew work in Vergennes Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 11.5%Highest 3.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 16.9 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.6Highest 3.5Lowest

Schools

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

School district Lowell Area Schools—

High school in town Lowell Senior High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 18.7 —

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.

Vergennes Township vs Grattan Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $170 more a month in Vergennes Township

Vergennes Township and Grattan Township share a border

Vergennes Township places higher on 14 of 17 MI lists

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