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%

White Cloud$1,280/mo

Typical home $209K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.07% · or rent about $831/mo · Housing →

Wilcox Township$750/mo

Typical home $121K (Census) · tax rate 1.17% · or rent about $954/mo · Housing →

The difference: $530 a month, about $6,400 a year, between White Cloud and Wilcox 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.

Where they are

White Cloud and Wilcox Township share a border

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

White CloudWilcox Township

White Cloud ↔ Wilcox Township3.8 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

31 Wilcox Township residents work in White Cloud (8.1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Wilcox Township →

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

CWhite CloudBetter than 30% of districts in the state –Wilcox TownshipNot graded

Health

DWhite CloudHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns –Wilcox TownshipNot graded

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

White CloudWilcox Township

Snow a year64″64″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)22nd 22nd

Outdoors & history

White CloudWilcox Township

Trails3 mi 14 mi

Conserved land6.3%29.3%

Archive photos4 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

White CloudWilcox Township

Library hours a week45 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

White CloudWilcox Township

People

Population 1,280Highest 982Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5%Highest MI: +2% +3.2%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 39.3±8.5Lowest about the MI average 45.7±5.8Highest 14% above MI

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

Kids under 18 20.2%±4.2Highest MI: 21.2% 18.2%±5.2Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 20.6%±3.7Highest MI: 18.6% 19.5%±2.5Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.4%Highest MI: 32.4% 6.5%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.2%±1.3Highest MI: 6.1% 1.6%±2Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $45,192±$10kHighest 38% below MI $45,000±$17kLowest 38% below MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $165,900±$25kHighest 28% below MI $121,100±$31kLowest 48% below MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $831±$108Lowest 26% below MI $954±$647Highest 16% below MI

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,781Highest 39% below MI $1,420Lowest 51% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 75.7%±23.1Lowest MI: 50.4% 88.5%±100Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 15.1%Lowest MI: 13.2% 29.5%Highest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.6%Lowest MI: 73.2% 81.5%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Lowest 1 yr older than MI 1981Highest 9 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minLowest 35% above MI 36 minHighest 47% above MI

Work from home 10%±5.4Highest MI: 13.5% 3.7%±4.2Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 8.6%Highest 1.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 32.3 miLowest 33.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.84Highest 0.21Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Grand Rapids (8%)White Cloud (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Wilcox Township8% work in White Cloud

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.3%Lowest 29.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.5 miLowest 14.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 32.3Highest 2.0Lowest

Schools

School district White Cloud Public Schools—

High school in town White Cloud High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 22.8 —

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.

White Cloud vs Wilcox Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $530 more a month in White Cloud

White Cloud and Wilcox Township share a border

Grades and rankings, side by side

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