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%

Webster Township$3,590/mo

Typical home $564K (Census) · tax rate 1.35% · or rent about $1,782/mo · Housing →

Dexter$3,350/mo

Typical home $512K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.56% · or rent about $1,761/mo · Housing →

The difference: $240 a month, about $2,900 a year, between Webster Township and Dexter.

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

Webster Township and Dexter share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Webster TownshipDexter

Webster Township ↔ Dexter3.8 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

173 Webster Township residents work in Dexter (6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Webster Township →

Report cards

Dexter places higher on 10 of 18 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

–Webster TownshipNot graded ADexterBetter than 93% of districts in the state

Health

A+Webster TownshipHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns A+DexterHealthier than 98% of U.S. towns

4Webster Township

10Dexter

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #588#84 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #427#44 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #64#246 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #484#300 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #116#233 Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #15#95 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #174#140 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #715#682

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

Webster TownshipDexter

Snow a year61″33″

January low16°F 16°F

July high84°F 82°F

Growing season (days)160d 163d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)27th 11th

Outdoors & history

Webster TownshipDexter

Trails8 mi 1 mi

Conserved land16.8%6.4%

Settled—1824

National Register places1 1

Archive photos6 24

Famous people born here—10

Community

Webster TownshipDexter

Library hours a week—70 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.

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

Webster TownshipDexter

People

Population 6,575Highest 4,521Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.1%Lowest MI: +2% +10.6%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 48.1±4Highest 20% above MI 43.4±4.6Lowest 8% above MI

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

Kids under 18 20.7%±3.9Lowest MI: 21.2% 28.2%±6Highest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 18.5%±3.3Lowest MI: 18.6% 21.7%±4.7Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 70.2%Lowest MI: 32.4% 70.3%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9.1%±3.8Highest MI: 6.1% 5.2%±2Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $155,104±$17kHighest 113% above MI $106,637±$14kLowest 46% above MI

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $564,000±$47kHighest 144% above MI $421,000±$23kLowest 82% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,782±$1kHighest 58% above MI $1,761±$282Lowest 56% above MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $7,602Highest 162% above MI $6,552Lowest 126% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32%±48.8Lowest MI: 50.4% 56.9%±21.8Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 3.5%Highest MI: 13.2% 0.8%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.2%Highest MI: 73.2% 77.2%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Lowest 19 yrs newer than MI 1997Highest 25 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 11% above MI 24 minLowest about the MI average

Work from home 27.5%±6.7Highest MI: 13.5% 26.9%±5.5Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.9%Lowest 9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Lowest 1.29Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Ann Arbor (25%)Ann Arbor (31%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 6% work in DexterFew work in Webster Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 16.8%Highest 6.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.6 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 9Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.2Lowest 99.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#80 of 493 in MI

School district —Dexter Community School District

High school in town —Dexter Alternative School

Students per teacherat that high school — 8.1

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.

Webster Township vs Dexter

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $240 more a month in Webster Township

Webster Township and Dexter share a border

Dexter places higher on 10 of 18 MI lists

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