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 →

Peninsula Township$4,210/mo

Typical home $707K (Census) · tax rate 0.86% · or rent about $1,589/mo · Housing →

The difference: $620 a month, about $7,500 a year, between Peninsula Township and Webster 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.

Life in each

Peninsula Township gets 53 more inches of snow a year

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 TownshipPeninsula Township

Snow a year61″115″

January low16°F 19°F

July high84°F 79°F

Growing season (days)160d 182d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)27th 6th

Outdoors & history

Webster TownshipPeninsula Township

Trails8 mi 33 mi

Conserved land16.8%16%

National Register places1 3

Archive photos6 5

Community

Webster TownshipPeninsula Township

Library hours a week—43 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.

Report cards

Webster Township places higher on 10 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 APeninsula TownshipBetter than 85% of districts in the state

Health

A+Webster TownshipHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns B+Peninsula TownshipHealthier than 72% of U.S. towns

10Webster Township

8Peninsula Township

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

Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #588#75 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #484#110 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #416#141 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #6#199 Most activeHealth · 723 towns #6#237 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #9#209 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #24#185 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #17#163

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

Where they are

193 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Webster TownshipWashtenaw County Peninsula TownshipGrand Traverse County

Webster Township ↔ Peninsula Township193 miles apart

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 TownshipPeninsula Township

People

Population 6,575Highest 6,097Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.1%Lowest MI: +2% +11.7%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 48.1±4Lowest 20% above MI 58.4±3.5Highest 45% above MI

Kids under 18 20.7%±3.9Highest MI: 21.2% 12.8%±3.8Lowest MI: 21.2%

Age 65+ 18.5%±3.3Lowest MI: 18.6% 37.7%±6.2Highest MI: 18.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 70.2%Lowest MI: 32.4% 70.9%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9.1%±3.8Highest MI: 6.1% 4%±2.3Lowest MI: 6.1%

Webster Township and Peninsula 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 $137,787±$20kLowest 89% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $564,000±$47kLowest 144% above MI $706,900±$91kHighest 205% above MI

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,782±$1kHighest 58% above MI $1,589±$814Lowest 41% above MI

Webster Township and Peninsula 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 $6,092Lowest 110% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32%±48.8Lowest MI: 50.4% 39.2%±23.2Highest MI: 50.4%

Peninsula 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% 4.2%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.2%Highest MI: 73.2% 90.2%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Highest 19 yrs newer than MI 1990Lowest 18 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 11% above MI 20 minLowest 19% below MI

Work from home 27.5%±6.7Lowest MI: 13.5% 31.9%±6.9Highest MI: 13.5%

Peninsula Township and Webster 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 9.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Lowest 0.32Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Ann Arbor (25%)Traverse City (39%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 16.8%Highest 16%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.6 miLowest 33.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 31Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 6.2Lowest 11.3Highest

Schools

School district —Old Mission Peninsula School

High school in town —None in town

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 Peninsula Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

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

Peninsula Township gets 53 more inches of snow a year

Webster Township places higher on 10 of 19 MI lists

193 miles apart

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