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 →

Lodi Township$2,980/mo

Typical home $471K (Census) · tax rate 1.29% · or rent about $1,107/mo · Housing →

The difference: $620 a month, about $7,400 a year, between Webster Township and Lodi 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

Lodi Township places higher on 9 of 19 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 A+Lodi TownshipBetter than 95% of districts in the state

Health

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

5Webster Township

9Lodi Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #588#172 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #484#196 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #666#410 Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #64#221 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #6#96 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #416#321 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #11#62 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #427#390

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 TownshipLodi Township

Snow a year61″61″

January low16°F 16°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)160d 160d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)27th 19th

Outdoors & history

Webster TownshipLodi Township

Trails8 mi 14 mi

Conserved land16.8%7%

National Register places1 —

Archive photos6 6

Community

Webster TownshipLodi 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.

Where they are

11 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Webster TownshipLodi Township

Webster Township ↔ Lodi Township11 miles apart · Same county

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 TownshipLodi Township

People

Population 6,575Highest 6,394Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.1%Lowest MI: +2% +5.9%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 48.1±4Highest 20% above MI 43.7±4.4Lowest 9% above MI

Webster Township and Lodi Township 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% 23.1%±3.9Highest MI: 21.2%

Lodi Township 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% 21.6%±3.7Highest MI: 18.6%

Lodi Township 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%Highest MI: 32.4% 59.8%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9.1%±3.8Highest MI: 6.1% 4.7%±1.6Lowest MI: 6.1%

Webster Township and Lodi Township 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 $137,727±$15kLowest 89% above MI

Webster Township and Lodi 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 $470,700±$30kLowest 103% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,782±$1kHighest 58% above MI $1,107±$1kLowest about the MI average

Webster Township and Lodi Township 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 $6,091Lowest 110% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32%±48.8Lowest MI: 50.4% 55%±31.5Highest MI: 50.4%

Lodi Township 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%Lowest MI: 13.2% 3.7%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.2%Lowest MI: 73.2% 97.2%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Highest 19 yrs newer than MI 1987Lowest 15 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 11% above MI 22 minLowest 11% below MI

Work from home 27.5%±6.7Highest MI: 13.5% 21.5%±5.2Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.9%Lowest 3.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miHighest 10.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Lowest 0.27Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Ann Arbor (25%)Ann Arbor (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lodi TownshipFew work in Webster Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 16.8%Highest 7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.6 miLowest 13.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.2Lowest 7.7Highest

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 Lodi Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $620 more a month in Webster Township

Lodi Township places higher on 9 of 19 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

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