Home Township
Montcalm County · 2,813 peopleCost of living grade, homes cost 1.7 years of area income·Overall C+ · #454 of 697 in MI
Michigan rankings · Cost of living
Most affordable towns in Michigan
Home Township ranks first on cost of living among Michigan’s 701 towns of 2,500+; 116 of the 701 grade A− or better on cost of living nationally.
The Cost of living grade: home values, rent and property-tax bills against the income of the town’s metro area or county, and the share of households paying 30%+ of income for housing (Census ACS). How grades work
A+
Kalkaska Township
Kalkaska County · 5,207 peopleCost of living grade, homes cost 2.1 years of area income·Overall B · #272 of 697 in MI
#3Iron River
Iron County · 3,027 peopleCost of living grade, homes cost 2.2 years of area income·Overall B · #288 of 697 in MI
All 701 towns
Cost of living grade, best first (the letter is national). Towns with the same score share a rank; the overall grade and state rank are beside each.
701 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownGradeHome price · overall
26Ishpeming TownshipMarquette County · 3,449 peopleA3.2 years of area income·Overall A− · #119 of 697
28Richfield TownshipRoscommon County · 3,575 peopleA2.0 years of area income·Overall C+ · #488 of 697
31Menominee TownshipMenominee County · 3,306 peopleA3.0 years of area income·Overall B− · #431 of 697
32North Branch TownshipLapeer County · 3,557 peopleA3.5 years of area income·Overall B+ · #235 of 697
37Clearwater TownshipKalkaska County · 2,600 peopleA2.7 years of area income·Overall B · #324 of 697
45Burtchville TownshipSt. Clair County · 4,034 peopleA−2.1 years of area income·Overall B · #345 of 697
57Manistee TownshipManistee County · 4,268 peopleA−3.1 years of area income·Overall B− · #423 of 697
67Caledonia TownshipShiawassee County · 4,323 peopleA−2.8 years of area income·Overall C+ · #450 of 697
68Trowbridge TownshipAllegan County · 2,561 peopleA−2.8 years of area income·Overall C+ · #495 of 697
74Gun Plain TownshipAllegan County · 6,169 peopleA−3.9 years of area income·Overall A− · #178 of 697
75Constantine TownshipSt. Joseph County · 4,043 peopleA−2.4 years of area income·Overall C− · #599 of 697
80Forsyth TownshipMarquette County · 6,291 peopleA−2.6 years of area income·Overall C+ · #461 of 697
88Millington TownshipTuscola County · 4,171 peopleA−3.6 years of area income·Overall C+ · #473 of 697
89St. Charles TownshipSaginaw County · 3,115 peopleA−2.2 years of area income·Overall B · #341 of 697
93Bennington TownshipShiawassee County · 3,105 peopleA−2.8 years of area income·Overall B− · #354 of 697
99Decatur TownshipVan Buren County · 3,503 peopleA−2.3 years of area income·Overall C+ · #474 of 697
104Mendon TownshipSt. Joseph County · 2,565 peopleA−3.2 years of area income·Overall C+ · #503 of 697
105Vernon TownshipShiawassee County · 4,296 peopleA−2.5 years of area income·Overall B+ · #269 of 697
106Kimball TownshipSt. Clair County · 9,652 peopleA−2.6 years of area income·Overall B− · #388 of 697
108Raisinville TownshipMonroe County · 6,136 peopleA−3.1 years of area income·Overall B · #349 of 697
117Henrietta TownshipJackson County · 4,729 peopleB+3.1 years of area income·Overall C+ · #494 of 697
125Roscommon TownshipRoscommon County · 4,520 peopleB+3.8 years of area income·Overall C− · #607 of 697
126Burr Oak TownshipSt. Joseph County · 2,635 peopleB+2.9 years of area income·Overall B− · #404 of 697
127Big Prairie TownshipNewaygo County · 2,569 peopleB+2.3 years of area income·Overall D · #662 of 697
130Silver Creek TownshipCass County · 3,041 peopleB+3.8 years of area income·Overall C · #516 of 697
133Jefferson TownshipHillsdale County · 3,037 peopleB+2.3 years of area income·Overall C− · #593 of 697
137Cambria TownshipHillsdale County · 2,547 peopleB+3.0 years of area income·Overall C · #522 of 697
141Pine Grove TownshipVan Buren County · 3,083 peopleB+2.8 years of area income·Overall C+ · #470 of 697
145Nottawa TownshipSt. Joseph County · 3,808 peopleB+3.2 years of area income·Overall C+ · #483 of 697
146Kochville Township College campusSaginaw County · 5,166 peopleB+2.6 years of area income·Overall B
148Bainbridge TownshipBerrien County · 2,625 peopleB+3.4 years of area income·Overall D · #631 of 697
149Buena Vista TownshipSaginaw County · 7,473 peopleB+1.1 years of area income·Overall D · #683 of 697
151Lexington TownshipSanilac County · 3,452 peopleB+3.9 years of area income·Overall B · #342 of 697
160Fabius TownshipSt. Joseph County · 3,325 peopleB+4.1 years of area income·Overall B− · #367 of 697
167Fort Gratiot TownshipSt. Clair County · 11,715 peopleB+3.5 years of area income·Overall B · #297 of 697
168Paradise TownshipGrand Traverse County · 5,101 peopleB+2.4 years of area income·Overall B+ · #204 of 697
169Livingston TownshipOtsego County · 2,748 peopleB+3.2 years of area income·Overall A− · #174 of 697
177Hartford TownshipVan Buren County · 2,981 peopleB+2.2 years of area income·Overall D · #672 of 697
190Grayling TownshipCrawford County · 5,892 peopleB+3.0 years of area income·Overall C+ · #502 of 697
193Taymouth TownshipSaginaw County · 4,037 peopleB+3.4 years of area income·Overall C+ · #446 of 697
194Orangeville TownshipBarry County · 3,497 peopleB+3.6 years of area income·Overall B− · #425 of 697
198Benton TownshipCheboygan County · 3,158 peopleB+3.2 years of area income·Overall C− · #570 of 697
199Egelston TownshipMuskegon County · 11,445 peopleB+2.5 years of area income·Overall D · #634 of 697
200Monterey TownshipAllegan County · 2,529 peopleB+2.2 years of area income·Overall C+ · #438 of 697
203Bloomingdale TownshipVan Buren County · 3,074 peopleB+3.5 years of area income·Overall D · #633 of 697
207Eaton Rapids TownshipEaton County · 4,012 peopleB+3.2 years of area income·Overall B− · #383 of 697
208Lawrence TownshipVan Buren County · 3,294 peopleB3.6 years of area income·Overall D · #635 of 697
219Little Traverse TownshipEmmet County · 2,622 peopleB4.4 years of area income·Overall A · #92 of 697
226Stockbridge TownshipIngham County · 3,998 peopleB3.2 years of area income·Overall A− · #157 of 697
247Shiawassee TownshipShiawassee County · 2,726 peopleB2.8 years of area income·Overall B− · #389 of 697
254Cottrellville TownshipSt. Clair County · 3,469 peopleB3.8 years of area income·Overall B+ · #223 of 697
257Mount Morris TownshipGenesee County · 19,484 peopleB1.9 years of area income·Overall D · #677 of 697
258Paw Paw TownshipVan Buren County · 6,884 peopleB2.9 years of area income·Overall B− · #395 of 697
260Otsego Lake TownshipOtsego County · 2,968 peopleB3.2 years of area income·Overall B · #352 of 697
261Lockport TownshipSt. Joseph County · 3,825 peopleB3.0 years of area income·Overall C · #533 of 697
263Sault Ste. MarieChippewa County · 13,083 peopleB3.2 years of area income·Overall B− · #418 of 697
266Breitung TownshipDickinson County · 5,857 peopleB2.7 years of area income·Overall B · #282 of 697
271Owosso TownshipShiawassee County · 4,786 peopleB2.7 years of area income·Overall C− · #596 of 697
279Littlefield TownshipEmmet County · 3,192 peopleB3.3 years of area income·Overall B− · #392 of 697
280Muskegon TownshipMuskegon County · 17,911 peopleB2.3 years of area income·Overall D · #638 of 697
285Sherman TownshipSt. Joseph County · 3,462 peopleB4.0 years of area income·Overall C · #515 of 697
286Antwerp TownshipVan Buren County · 13,832 peopleB3.6 years of area income·Overall B+ · #196 of 697
291Chippewa TownshipIsabella County · 4,668 peopleB2.8 years of area income·Overall C− · #579 of 697
299White Pigeon TownshipSt. Joseph County · 3,893 peopleB2.7 years of area income·Overall C− · #591 of 697
300Frenchtown TownshipMonroe County · 21,753 peopleB2.7 years of area income·Overall C− · #595 of 697
302Green Lake TownshipGrand Traverse County · 6,822 peopleB3.6 years of area income·Overall B+ · #255 of 697
305Manchester TownshipWashtenaw County · 4,550 peopleB3.1 years of area income·Overall A− · #121 of 697
312Chocolay TownshipMarquette County · 6,014 peopleB3.8 years of area income·Overall A− · #176 of 697
316Unadilla TownshipLivingston County · 3,284 peopleB3.4 years of area income·Overall A− · #122 of 697
319Montrose TownshipGenesee County · 5,896 peopleB−3.0 years of area income·Overall C+ · #435 of 697
326Columbia TownshipVan Buren County · 2,542 peopleB−2.4 years of area income·Overall D− · #696 of 697
327Watervliet TownshipBerrien County · 3,126 peopleB−2.4 years of area income·Overall C · #568 of 697
328Denton TownshipRoscommon County · 5,411 peopleB−3.0 years of area income·Overall C− · #576 of 697
336Summerfield TownshipMonroe County · 3,195 peopleB−3.7 years of area income·Overall A− · #173 of 697
337Handy TownshipLivingston County · 8,887 peopleB−3.3 years of area income·Overall B+ · #251 of 697
345Yankee Springs TownshipBarry County · 5,462 peopleB−4.5 years of area income·Overall B+ · #202 of 697
348Waverly TownshipVan Buren County · 2,502 peopleB−3.3 years of area income·Overall C− · #573 of 697
350Blair TownshipGrand Traverse County · 9,208 peopleB−3.4 years of area income·Overall B · #284 of 697
352Overisel TownshipAllegan County · 3,169 peopleB−4.1 years of area income·Overall A− · #147 of 697
353Augusta TownshipWashtenaw County · 7,345 peopleB−3.3 years of area income·Overall B · #323 of 697
360Spring Arbor TownshipJackson County · 8,526 peopleB−4.2 years of area income·Overall A · #39 of 697
368Portage TownshipHoughton County · 3,234 peopleB−3.5 years of area income·Overall A− · #145 of 697
372Conway TownshipLivingston County · 3,594 peopleB−3.7 years of area income·Overall B · #322 of 697
378Woodhull TownshipShiawassee County · 3,689 peopleB−4.2 years of area income·Overall B · #311 of 697
382Cedar Creek TownshipMuskegon County · 3,365 peopleB−3.5 years of area income·Overall C− · #617 of 697
388Whitewater TownshipGrand Traverse County · 2,736 peopleB−4.6 years of area income·Overall A · #118 of 697
390Port Huron TownshipSt. Clair County · 10,665 peopleB−2.6 years of area income·Overall D · #644 of 697
391Birch Run TownshipSaginaw County · 5,853 peopleB−3.9 years of area income·Overall B− · #358 of 697
395Tompkins TownshipJackson County · 2,641 peopleB−3.1 years of area income·Overall C− · #606 of 697
402Pennfield TownshipCalhoun County · 8,681 peopleB−2.6 years of area income·Overall C− · #600 of 697
404Cambridge TownshipLenawee County · 5,763 peopleB−3.9 years of area income·Overall B · #294 of 697
413East Bay TownshipGrand Traverse County · 11,780 peopleC+3.4 years of area income·Overall A− · #137 of 697
414Carrollton TownshipSaginaw County · 5,585 peopleC+1.4 years of area income·Overall D− · #690 of 697
415Cooper TownshipKalamazoo County · 10,446 peopleC+3.8 years of area income·Overall B− · #400 of 697
417Suttons Bay TownshipLeelanau County · 2,959 peopleC+8.1 years of area income·Overall B− · #424 of 697
419Deerfield TownshipLivingston County · 4,102 peopleC+4.3 years of area income·Overall A · #112 of 697
425Gerrish TownshipRoscommon County · 2,839 peopleC+4.2 years of area income·Overall C+ · #448 of 697
432Schoolcraft TownshipKalamazoo County · 9,316 peopleC+4.8 years of area income·Overall B+ · #241 of 697
434East China TownshipSt. Clair County · 3,661 peopleC+3.9 years of area income·Overall C+ · #510 of 697
436Comstock TownshipKalamazoo County · 15,512 peopleC+3.5 years of area income·Overall C+ · #493 of 697
440Georgetown TownshipOttawa County · 55,682 peopleC+4.1 years of area income·Overall A+ · #23 of 697
448Maple Grove TownshipSaginaw County · 2,646 peopleC+3.8 years of area income·Overall C+ · #485 of 697
449Blackman TownshipJackson County · 24,987 peopleC+2.6 years of area income·Overall D · #657 of 697
455Woodstock TownshipLenawee County · 3,578 peopleC+3.3 years of area income·Overall C · #520 of 697
457Waterford TownshipOakland County · 69,922 peopleC+3.6 years of area income·Overall B · #346 of 697
460Ypsilanti TownshipWashtenaw County · 53,721 peopleC+2.6 years of area income·Overall B− · #411 of 697
464Acme TownshipGrand Traverse County · 4,531 peopleC+4.2 years of area income·Overall A · #49 of 697
465Laketown TownshipAllegan County · 6,257 peopleC+4.8 years of area income·Overall A− · #149 of 697
466Saugatuck TownshipAllegan County · 3,688 peopleC+7.5 years of area income·Overall A− · #162 of 697
467Fruitport TownshipMuskegon County · 15,666 peopleC+5.2 years of area income·Overall C+ · #509 of 697
470Leighton TownshipAllegan County · 7,374 peopleC+4.3 years of area income·Overall A− · #142 of 697
471Grass Lake TownshipJackson County · 6,273 peopleC+5.2 years of area income·Overall A− · #138 of 697
474Richland TownshipKalamazoo County · 9,116 peopleC+5.2 years of area income·Overall A · #77 of 697
477Harrison TownshipMacomb County · 23,984 peopleC+3.6 years of area income·Overall C+ · #471 of 697
480Kalamazoo TownshipKalamazoo County · 22,523 peopleC+2.5 years of area income·Overall D · #667 of 697
484Burns TownshipShiawassee County · 3,268 peopleC+3.5 years of area income·Overall C+ · #487 of 697
489Sherman TownshipIsabella County · 3,236 peopleC+2.8 years of area income·Overall D− · #688 of 697
490Flushing TownshipGenesee County · 10,574 peopleC+3.4 years of area income·Overall B− · #416 of 697
492Somerset TownshipHillsdale County · 4,606 peopleC+3.9 years of area income·Overall B · #292 of 697
498Albert TownshipMontmorency County · 2,637 peopleC+3.4 years of area income·Overall D · #666 of 697
499Hamburg TownshipLivingston County · 20,901 peopleC+5.0 years of area income·Overall A · #58 of 697
501Clinton TownshipMacomb County · 101,374 peopleC+3.3 years of area income·Overall C+ · #440 of 697
503Grand Haven TownshipOttawa County · 19,981 peopleC+4.4 years of area income·Overall A− · #133 of 697
511Almena TownshipVan Buren County · 5,404 peopleC+4.0 years of area income·Overall B− · #428 of 697
513Cohoctah TownshipLivingston County · 3,185 peopleC+4.5 years of area income·Overall B+ · #270 of 697
520St. Clair TownshipSt. Clair County · 7,159 peopleC4.4 years of area income·Overall B · #320 of 697
524Argentine TownshipGenesee County · 7,021 peopleC6.7 years of area income·Overall A− · #191 of 697
525Northfield TownshipWashtenaw County · 8,785 peopleC3.5 years of area income·Overall A · #54 of 697
529Chesterfield TownshipMacomb County · 47,770 peopleC4.3 years of area income·Overall B+ · #253 of 697
533Pavilion TownshipKalamazoo County · 6,333 peopleC3.6 years of area income·Overall C · #553 of 697
536Green Oak TownshipLivingston County · 19,901 peopleC5.1 years of area income·Overall A+ · #31 of 697
537Spring Lake TownshipOttawa County · 15,705 peopleC5.2 years of area income·Overall A · #107 of 697
540Putnam TownshipLivingston County · 7,797 peopleC4.5 years of area income·Overall B+ · #248 of 697
541Negaunee TownshipMarquette County · 3,292 peopleC4.6 years of area income·Overall B · #331 of 697
547Hartland TownshipLivingston County · 16,108 peopleC5.3 years of area income·Overall A+ · #28 of 697
549Tuscarora TownshipCheboygan County · 3,113 peopleC4.0 years of area income·Overall D · #652 of 697
553Watertown TownshipClinton County · 5,890 peopleC4.0 years of area income·Overall B+ · #252 of 697
570Port Sheldon TownshipOttawa County · 5,480 peopleC4.7 years of area income·Overall B+ · #249 of 697
571Marion TownshipLivingston County · 12,051 peopleC5.0 years of area income·Overall B+ · #210 of 697
574Village of Grosse Pointe ShoresWayne County · 2,533 peopleC9.6 years of area income·Overall A · #53 of 697
578Prairieville TownshipBarry County · 3,393 peopleC4.9 years of area income·Overall B− · #362 of 697
583Columbus TownshipSt. Clair County · 4,303 peopleC4.6 years of area income·Overall B · #336 of 697
585Tittabawassee TownshipSaginaw County · 11,007 peopleC4.6 years of area income·Overall B+ · #263 of 697
587Superior TownshipWashtenaw County · 14,862 peopleC3.5 years of area income·Overall B+ · #200 of 697
588St. Joseph TownshipBerrien County · 9,703 peopleC3.8 years of area income·Overall B− · #369 of 697
589Oceola TownshipLivingston County · 14,888 peopleC4.8 years of area income·Overall A− · #170 of 697
597Washington TownshipMacomb County · 29,229 peopleC−6.2 years of area income·Overall B+ · #225 of 697
601Brighton TownshipLivingston County · 19,489 peopleC−5.5 years of area income·Overall A · #67 of 697
602Long Lake TownshipGrand Traverse County · 10,101 peopleC−5.1 years of area income·Overall B · #313 of 697
604Springfield TownshipOakland County · 14,832 peopleC−5.6 years of area income·Overall A · #102 of 697
605Chikaming TownshipBerrien County · 2,752 peopleC−5.6 years of area income·Overall B+ · #264 of 697
607Richfield TownshipGenesee County · 8,941 peopleC−3.5 years of area income·Overall B− · #427 of 697
608Fruitland TownshipMuskegon County · 5,955 peopleC−4.6 years of area income·Overall C+ · #439 of 697
609Traverse CityGrand Traverse County · 15,832 peopleC−5.5 years of area income·Overall B · #305 of 697
610Independence TownshipOakland County · 37,725 peopleC−5.0 years of area income·Overall A · #51 of 697
611Sterling HeightsMacomb County · 133,931 peopleC−4.0 years of area income·Overall C+ · #447 of 697
613Bear Creek TownshipEmmet County · 6,513 peopleC−4.7 years of area income·Overall B+ · #197 of 697
614Grosse Ile TownshipWayne County · 10,409 peopleC−5.2 years of area income·Overall A− · #129 of 697
617Texas TownshipKalamazoo County · 18,864 peopleC−5.7 years of area income·Overall B+ · #206 of 697
620Deerfield TownshipIsabella County · 3,366 peopleC−4.3 years of area income·Overall D · #671 of 697
625Garfield TownshipGrand Traverse County · 19,698 peopleC−3.9 years of area income·Overall B+ · #258 of 697
628Davison TownshipGenesee County · 20,403 peopleC−4.2 years of area income·Overall C+ · #492 of 697
629Columbia TownshipJackson County · 7,515 peopleC−4.2 years of area income·Overall C+ · #462 of 697
636Genoa TownshipLivingston County · 20,576 peopleC−5.2 years of area income·Overall A− · #187 of 697
637Big Rapids TownshipMecosta County · 4,096 peopleC−4.2 years of area income·Overall C− · #608 of 697
639Royalton TownshipBerrien County · 5,198 peopleC−5.5 years of area income·Overall B+ · #267 of 697
646White Lake TownshipOakland County · 31,377 peopleC−5.1 years of area income·Overall A− · #189 of 697
647Grand Rapids TownshipKent County · 19,442 peopleC−5.1 years of area income·Overall A · #43 of 697
650Tyrone TownshipLivingston County · 12,270 peopleC−4.8 years of area income·Overall B+ · #245 of 697
655Grosse Pointe WoodsWayne County · 15,792 peopleC−4.6 years of area income·Overall A− · #180 of 697
656New Buffalo TownshipBerrien County · 2,517 peopleC−9.4 years of area income·Overall B · #333 of 697
657Grand Blanc TownshipGenesee County · 40,022 peopleC−4.7 years of area income·Overall B · #347 of 697
658Oshtemo TownshipKalamazoo County · 23,971 peopleC−4.2 years of area income·Overall C · #567 of 697
670Marquette TownshipMarquette County · 4,196 peopleD4.4 years of area income·Overall B− · #407 of 697
680Southfield TownshipOakland County · 14,671 peopleD7.1 years of area income·Overall A · #46 of 697
683Pittsfield TownshipWashtenaw County · 40,265 peopleD4.5 years of area income·Overall B+ · #218 of 697
688Peninsula TownshipGrand Traverse County · 6,160 peopleD8.7 years of area income·Overall A− · #190 of 697
694Ann Arbor TownshipWashtenaw County · 4,506 peopleD7.4 years of area income·Overall A · #36 of 697
695Williamstown TownshipIngham County · 5,338 peopleD4.9 years of area income·Overall B+ · #237 of 697
696Bloomfield TownshipOakland County · 43,904 peopleD7.9 years of area income·Overall A · #42 of 697
699West Bloomfield TownshipOakland County · 66,049 peopleD5.9 years of area income·Overall A− · #135 of 697
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What is the most affordable town in Michigan?
Home Township (Montcalm County) ranks first on cost of living among 701 towns, with an A+; Kalkaska Township and Iron River follow.
How are these towns ranked?
The Cost of living grade: home values, rent and property-tax bills against the income of the town’s metro area or county, and the share of households paying 30%+ of income for housing (Census ACS). Towns are sorted on the grade’s score; the letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.
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