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%

Wright Township$1,940/mo

Typical home $321K (Census) · tax rate 0.98% · or rent about $1,132/mo · Housing →

Eureka Township$1,470/mo

Typical home $236K (Census) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $842/mo · Housing →

The difference: $480 a month, about $5,700 a year, between Wright Township and Eureka 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

Wright 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

A−Wright TownshipBetter than 79% of districts in the state A−Eureka TownshipBetter than 76% of districts in the state

Health

BWright TownshipHealthier than 65% of U.S. towns CEureka TownshipHealthier than 29% of U.S. towns

10Wright Township

9Eureka Township

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #582#35 Lowest obesityHealth · 723 towns #209#602 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #163#529 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #217#571 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #435#134 HealthiestHealth · 723 towns #236#531 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #6#216 Shortest commuteGetting around · 723 towns #212#459

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

Wright TownshipEureka Township

Snow a year75″73″

January low17°F 13°F

July high82°F 84°F

Growing season (days)157d 133d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)24th 10th

Outdoors & history

Wright TownshipEureka Township

Trails4 mi 12 mi

Conserved land1.4%22%

Settled—1850

Community

Wright TownshipEureka Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

31 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Wright TownshipOttawa County Eureka TownshipMontcalm County

Wright Township ↔ Eureka Township31 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

Wright TownshipEureka Township

People

Population 3,192Lowest 4,283Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.4%Lowest MI: +2% +6.4%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 35±3.8Lowest 13% below MI 36.7±6.4Highest 9% below MI

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

Kids under 18 25%±4.1Highest MI: 21.2% 19.6%±5Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 14.1%±2.7Lowest MI: 18.6% 17.6%±4.6Highest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.3%Lowest MI: 32.4% 20.2%Highest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±1.4Highest MI: 6.1% 2.7%±1.7Lowest MI: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $87,344±$11kHighest 20% above MI $77,266±$16kLowest 6% above MI

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $321,000±$35kHighest 39% above MI $236,200±$49kLowest about the MI average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,132±$75Highest about the MI average $842±$23Lowest 25% below MI

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,136Highest 8% above MI $2,730Lowest 6% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 27.1%±30.7Highest MI: 50.4% 0%±17.2Lowest MI: 50.4%

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

Below poverty line 11.4%Highest MI: 13.2% 5.7%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.5%Lowest MI: 73.2% 90.1%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Lowest 7 yrs newer than MI 1990Highest 18 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 10% below MI 27 minHighest 10% above MI

Work from home 4.7%±2.8Lowest MI: 13.5% 8.4%±5.1Highest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 6.7%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.06Highest 0.65Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Grand Rapids (17%)Greenville (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Eureka TownshipFew work in Wright Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.4%Lowest 22%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.5 miLowest 12.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.7Lowest 5.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#426 of 493 in MI

School district —Greenville Public Schools

High school in town —Satterlee School

Students per teacherat that high school — 26.0

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.

Wright Township vs Eureka Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

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

Wright Township places higher on 10 of 19 MI lists

What daily life feels like in each

31 miles apart

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