Rankings · How Mills ranks in MI
Mills ranks #4 in Michigan for low property taxes
Mills is ranked on 32 lists against the 719 Michigan towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 4.
Lists ranked on
32
of MI’s 719 ranked towns
Top-10 finishes
1
Best: #4 lowest property tax
Top-quarter finishes
4
of 18 lists where higher is better
Strongest area
Cost of living
Top 2% on average
★ What stands out · What kind of place
More vacation homes than 99% of Michigan
Not better or worse, just Mills’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
More vacation homes than 99% of MI towns
Year-roundVacation homes
41.8% of homes are seasonal
Faster-rising prices than 96% of MI towns
Steadier pricesPrices rising fast
+79.0% in home prices, 5 years
Drier than 94% of MI towns
DrierWetter
32 in of rain + melted snow a year
Colder winters than 91% of MI towns
Colder wintersMilder winters
12.8° January low
Shorter growing season than 88% of MI towns
Shorter seasonLonger season
143 days between frosts
More seniors than 82% of MI towns
Fewer seniorsMore seniors
24.4% of residents are 65+
Cooler summers than 82% of MI towns
Cooler summersHotter summers
81.3° July high
Older than 81% of MI towns
YoungerOlder
47.3 median age
Fewer kids than 73% of MI towns
Fewer kidsMore kids
18.7% of residents are under 18
More snow than 58% of MI towns
Less snowMore snow
53 in of snow a year
Where it shines
The lists Mills does best on
Each list ranks every MI town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mills marked.
At a glance
Mills lands in the top half on 6 of 18 lists
Each dot is Mills’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MI, the right end is last. Areas where Mills does best come first.
Top 10%Top halfBottom half
Almost there
1 spot from the top 3 for low property taxes
Lists where Mills sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Next door
Mills out-ranks 0 of its 2 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.