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%

Whiteford Township$1,700/mo

Typical home $278K (Census) · tax rate 1.03% · or rent about $881/mo · Housing →

Grattan Township$2,180/mo

Typical home $356K (Census) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $1,138/mo · Housing →

The difference: $480 a month, about $5,800 a year, between Grattan Township and Whiteford 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

Whiteford Township places higher on 11 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

AWhiteford TownshipBetter than 94% of districts in the state –Grattan TownshipNot graded

Health

B+Whiteford TownshipHealthier than 66% of U.S. towns BGrattan TownshipHealthier than 62% of U.S. towns

11Whiteford Township

6Grattan Township

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #77#439 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #349#658 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #178#438 Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #463#199 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #188#403 Lowest property taxCost of living · 723 towns #418#585 Most new homesHousing · 512 towns #243#142 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #478#344

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

Whiteford TownshipGrattan Township

Snow a year39″66″

January low17°F —

July high84°F —

Growing season (days)176d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)27th 8th

Outdoors & history

Whiteford TownshipGrattan Township

Trails16 mi 1 mi

Conserved land3.7%3.2%

Settled—1846

Archive photos11 —

Famous people born here1 1

Community

Whiteford TownshipGrattan 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

123 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Whiteford TownshipMonroe County Grattan TownshipKent County

Whiteford Township ↔ Grattan Township123 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

Whiteford TownshipGrattan Township

People

Population 4,624Highest 3,840Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.3%Lowest MI: +2% +5.2%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 47±4.9Highest 17% above MI 46.5±7.7Lowest 16% above MI

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

Kids under 18 18.8%±4.2Highest MI: 21.2% 16.5%±3.7Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 23.7%±4.5Highest MI: 18.6% 18.8%±3.6Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.3%Lowest MI: 32.4% 28.8%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.8%±1.4Highest MI: 6.1% 0.6%±0.9Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $100,521±$7kLowest 38% above MI $111,354±$19kHighest 53% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $277,900±$25kLowest 20% above MI $355,800±$65kHighest 54% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $881±$85Lowest 22% below MI $1,138±$35Highest about the MI average

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,863Lowest about the MI average $3,735Highest 29% above MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 13.8%±16.8Lowest MI: 50.4% 14%±12.2Highest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 4.5%Highest MI: 13.2% 1.9%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84.4%Lowest MI: 73.2% 87.2%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1967Lowest 5 yrs older than MI 1991Highest 19 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest about the MI average 33 minHighest 35% above MI

Work from home 8.7%±3.3Lowest MI: 13.5% 9.4%±5.5Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.3%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.53Highest 0.13Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Toledo (25%)Grand Rapids (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Grattan TownshipFew work in Whiteford Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.7%Highest 3.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 15.5 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.1Highest 3.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #81 of 493 in MI—

School district Whiteford Agricultural School District of the Counties of Le—

High school in town Whiteford High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 14.0 —

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.

Whiteford Township vs Grattan Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $480 more a month in Grattan Township

Whiteford Township places higher on 11 of 18 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

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