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%

Waterloo Township$1,520/mo

Typical home $244K (Census) · tax rate 1.20% · or rent about $1,446/mo · Housing →

Lyndon Township$2,240/mo

Typical home $350K (Census) · tax rate 1.37% · Housing →

The difference: $710 a month, about $8,600 a year, between Lyndon Township and Waterloo 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

Lyndon Township places higher on 11 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.

Health

BWaterloo TownshipHealthier than 64% of U.S. towns ALyndon TownshipHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns

6Waterloo Township

11Lyndon Township

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

Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #389#39 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #295#570 Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #436#671 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #260#36 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #411#615 Most activeHealth · 723 towns #237#34 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #240#46 Most educatedPeople · 723 towns #321#155

Left end = #1 in Michigan. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Waterloo Township’s rankings →

Where they are

Waterloo Township and Lyndon Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Waterloo TownshipLyndon Township

Waterloo Township ↔ Lyndon Township5.6 miles apart · They share a border

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

Waterloo TownshipLyndon Township

Snow a year33″33″

January low16°F 16°F

July high82°F 82°F

Growing season (days)163d 163d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)38th 24th

Outdoors & history

Waterloo TownshipLyndon Township

Trails54 mi 78 mi

Conserved land19.4%47.5%

National Register places1 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Waterloo TownshipLyndon 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

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

Waterloo TownshipLyndon Township

People

Population 2,964Highest 2,663Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.6%Highest MI: +2% -2.4%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 54.6±5.6Highest 36% above MI 49.4±2.3Lowest 23% above MI

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

Kids under 18 14.5%±4.1Lowest MI: 21.2% 20.5%±3.7Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 30.9%±7.4Highest MI: 18.6% 23.5%±3.6Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.5%Lowest MI: 32.4% 39.9%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.6%±1.7Lowest MI: 6.1% 5.7%±1.9Highest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $74,500±$17kLowest about the MI average $122,568±$16kHighest 68% above MI

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $243,600±$27kLowest 5% above MI $350,200±$21kHighest 51% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,446±$839 28% above MI —

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,932Lowest about the MI average $4,800Highest 65% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 13.1%±27.2Highest MI: 50.4% 0%±100Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 7.4%Highest MI: 13.2% 3.6%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.6%Lowest MI: 73.2% 98.3%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Highest 10 yrs newer than MI 1979Lowest 7 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minLowest 33% above MI 34 minHighest 42% above MI

Work from home 15.8%±6Highest MI: 13.5% 13.5%±4.6Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.4%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.20Highest 0.11Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Chelsea (14%)Ann Arbor (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lyndon TownshipFew work in Waterloo Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 19.4%Lowest 47.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 54.4 miLowest 78.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miLowest 2.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4 4

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.2Highest 2.8Lowest

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.

Waterloo Township vs Lyndon Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $710 more a month in Lyndon Township

Lyndon Township places higher on 11 of 17 MI lists

Waterloo Township and Lyndon Township share a border

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