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.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Webster 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.

Down paymentRate%

Webster Township$3,590/mo

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

Grosse Pointe$3,260/mo

Typical home $488K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.74% · or rent about $1,725/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $3,900 a year, between Webster Township and Grosse Pointe.

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

Grosse Pointe places higher on 13 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.

Safety

–Webster TownshipNot graded C+Grosse PointeSafer than 41% of U.S. towns

Schools

–Webster TownshipNot graded AGrosse PointeBetter than 94% of districts in the state

Health

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

4Webster Township

13Grosse Pointe

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #64#636 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #588#210 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #427#198 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #174#7 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #484#347 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #116#28 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #6#68 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #715#692

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

Where they are

48 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Webster TownshipWashtenaw County Grosse PointeMI

Webster Township ↔ Grosse Pointe48 miles apart

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

Webster TownshipGrosse Pointe

People

Population 6,575Highest 5,541Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.1%Lowest MI: +2% +4.7%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 48.1±4Highest 20% above MI 43.8±5.4Lowest 9% above MI

Webster Township and Grosse Pointe 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% 26.6%±4.1Highest MI: 21.2%

Grosse Pointe 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% 23.2%±3.6Highest MI: 18.6%

Grosse Pointe 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% 73.1%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9.1%±3.8Highest MI: 6.1% 2.6%±1.2Lowest MI: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $155,104±$17kLowest 113% above MI $158,853±$11kHighest 118% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $564,000±$47kHighest 144% above MI $436,800±$56kLowest 89% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,782±$1kHighest 58% above MI $1,725±$95Lowest 53% above MI

Webster Township and Grosse Pointe 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 $7,596Lowest 162% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32%±48.8Highest MI: 50.4% 18.9%±8.6Lowest MI: 50.4%

Webster Township and Grosse Pointe 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% 2.8%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.2%Highest MI: 73.2% 85.9%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Highest 19 yrs newer than MI 1938Lowest 34 yrs older 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% 25.5%±4.7Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.9%Lowest 5.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miHighest 11.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Lowest 1.35Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Ann Arbor (25%)Detroit (24%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Grosse PointeFew work in Webster Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 16.8%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.6 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.2Lowest 46.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#2 of 493 in MI

School district —Grosse Pointe Public Schools

High school in town —None in town

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.

Webster Township vs Grosse Pointe

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Webster Township gets 34 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Webster Township

Grosse Pointe places higher on 13 of 18 MI lists

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