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Michigan · 700 graded towns

Towns and cities in Michigan

195 of Michigan’s 700 graded towns and cities (28%) grade A− or better nationally, against 25% of U.S. towns. Berkley ranks first in the state with an A+; jobs & income (A+) and health (A+) are its strongest grades; cost of living (C) is its lowest.

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towns of 2,500+ with an overall grade
195
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578
smaller places (1,000–2,499) with subject grades
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Every town of 2,500+ residents with an overall grade, in 78 counties, A to Z inside each. The rank is among 697 Michigan towns on the best places to live list. A town that spans counties is listed in the one where most of it lies.

700 graded towns, A to Z.

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Alger County 1 graded

  1. CMunising Township#534 of 6972,759

Allegan County 23 graded

  1. B−Allegan#409 of 6975,127
  2. CCasco Townshipanother Casco Township is in St. Clair County#529 of 6972,937
  3. A−Dorr Township#171 of 6977,918
  4. AFillmore Township#59 of 6972,934
  5. C+Ganges Township#512 of 6972,676
  6. A−Gun Plain Township#178 of 6976,169
  7. B+Heath Township#234 of 6974,017
  8. A−Hopkins Township#175 of 6972,754
  9. A−Laketown Township#149 of 6976,257
  10. DLee Townshipanother Lee Township is in Midland County and Calhoun County#655 of 6973,836
  11. A−Leighton Township#142 of 6977,374
  12. BManlius Township#295 of 6973,433
  13. B−Martin Township#381 of 6972,721
  14. C+Monterey Township#438 of 6972,529
  15. AOtsego#73 of 6974,045
  16. B+Otsego Township#217 of 6976,001
  17. A−Overisel Township#147 of 6973,169
  18. B−Plainwell#372 of 6973,722
  19. A−Salem Townshipanother Salem Township is in Washtenaw County#123 of 6975,269
  20. A−Saugatuck Township#162 of 6973,688
  21. C+Trowbridge Township#495 of 6972,561
  22. AWayland#82 of 6974,531
  23. A−Wayland Township#155 of 6973,620

Alpena County 1 graded

  1. C−Alpena#581 of 69710,088

Antrim County 2 graded

  1. AElk Rapids Township#76 of 6972,647
  2. B−Mancelona Township#384 of 6974,559

Baraga County 2 graded

  1. C−Baraga Township#590 of 6973,382
  2. C+L'Anse Township#506 of 6973,634

Barry County 13 graded

  1. ABarry Township#45 of 6973,502
  2. CCastleton Township#528 of 6973,425
  3. BHastings#315 of 6977,490
  4. B+Hastings Township#229 of 6973,091
  5. A−Hope Townshipanother Hope Township is in Midland County#131 of 6973,218
  6. B+Irving Township#233 of 6973,836
  7. B−Johnstown Township#355 of 6972,917
  8. AMiddleville#66 of 6974,407
  9. B−Orangeville Township#425 of 6973,497
  10. B−Prairieville Township#362 of 6973,393
  11. BRutland Township#289 of 6974,308
  12. AThornapple Township#75 of 6979,692
  13. B+Yankee Springs Township#202 of 6975,462

Bay County 11 graded

  1. CBangor Township#531 of 69713,778
  2. C−Bay City#586 of 69731,868
  3. C+Beaver Township#499 of 6972,684
  4. AEssexville#64 of 6973,284
  5. C+Frankenlust Township#496 of 6973,684
  6. C+Fraser Township#490 of 6972,946
  7. CHampton Township#548 of 6979,581
  8. BKawkawlin Township#319 of 6974,349
  9. C+Monitor Township#504 of 69710,597
  10. C+Portsmouth Township#460 of 6973,139
  11. BWilliams Township#329 of 6975,032

Benzie County 2 graded

  1. BAlmira Township#287 of 6973,989
  2. C+Benzonia Township#443 of 6972,816

Berrien County 21 graded

  1. DBainbridge Township#631 of 6972,625
  2. B+Baroda Township#226 of 6972,818
  3. D−Benton Harbor#693 of 6978,803
  4. D−Benton Townshipanother Benton Township is in Cheboygan County and Eaton County#697 of 69714,228
  5. C−Berrien Township#574 of 6974,787
  6. BBertrand Township#335 of 6972,587
  7. B−Buchanan#368 of 6974,143
  8. B−Buchanan Township#406 of 6973,475
  9. B+Chikaming Township#264 of 6972,752
  10. C−Coloma Township#604 of 6974,968
  11. C−Hagar Township#598 of 6973,173
  12. BLake Townshipanother Lake Township is in Missaukee County and Roscommon County#312 of 6973,348
  13. B+Lincoln Townshipanother Lincoln Township is in Midland County and Newaygo County and Isabella County and Osceola County and Clare County#208 of 69714,814
  14. BNew Buffalo Township#333 of 6972,517
  15. CNiles#560 of 69711,665
  16. C+Niles Township#505 of 69714,304
  17. COronoko Township#523 of 6979,074
  18. B+Royalton Township#267 of 6975,198
  19. A−St. Joseph#179 of 6977,893
  20. B−St. Joseph Township#369 of 6979,703
  21. CWatervliet Township#568 of 6973,126

Branch County 4 graded

  1. CColdwater#563 of 69714,216
  2. CColdwater Township#518 of 6973,859
  3. B−Quincy Township#397 of 6974,140
  4. CUnion Townshipanother Union Township is in Isabella County#526 of 6972,969

Calhoun County 11 graded

  1. C−Albion#630 of 6977,474
  2. D−Battle Creek#684 of 69752,021
  3. C−Bedford Townshipanother Bedford Township is in Monroe County#624 of 6979,145
  4. DEmmett Townshipanother Emmett Township is in St. Clair County#648 of 69711,712
  5. CHomer Townshipanother Homer Township is in Midland County#536 of 6972,897
  6. B−Leroy Townshipanother Leroy Township is in Ingham County#387 of 6973,680
  7. B−Marshall#379 of 6976,800
  8. B−Marshall Township#432 of 6973,162
  9. C−Newton Township#572 of 6972,800
  10. C−Pennfield Township#600 of 6978,681
  11. DSpringfield#668 of 6975,246

Cass County 9 graded

  1. C−Dowagiac#628 of 6975,725
  2. B−Howard Township#359 of 6976,255
  3. BJefferson Townshipanother Jefferson Township is in Hillsdale County#321 of 6972,581
  4. C+LaGrange Township#484 of 6973,724
  5. C+Mason Township#465 of 6972,874
  6. B+Milton Townshipanother Milton Township is in Antrim County#212 of 6973,187
  7. BOntwa Township#340 of 6976,839
  8. C−Porter Townshipanother Porter Township is in Van Buren County and Midland County#589 of 6973,946
  9. CSilver Creek Township#516 of 6973,041

Charlevoix County 1 graded

  1. A−Boyne City#132 of 6973,793

Cheboygan County 3 graded

  1. C−Benton Townshipanother Benton Township is in Eaton County and Berrien County#570 of 6973,158
  2. C+Cheboygan#497 of 6974,804
  3. DTuscarora Township#652 of 6973,113

Chippewa County 3 graded

  1. B+Kinross Township#246 of 6976,790
  2. B−Sault Ste. Marie#418 of 69713,083
  3. B+Soo Township#247 of 6972,983

Clare County 4 graded

  1. C−Clare#569 of 6973,318
  2. DGrant Townshipanother Grant Township is in Newaygo County and Oceana County and St. Clair County and Grand Traverse County and Iosco County#658 of 6973,437
  3. DHayes Townshipanother Hayes Township is in Otsego County and Charlevoix County#640 of 6974,722
  4. C−Surrey Township#616 of 6973,704

Clinton County 9 graded

  1. B+Bath Township#240 of 69713,556
  2. A−Bingham Townshipanother Bingham Township is in Leelanau County and Huron County#128 of 6972,973
  3. ADeWitt#81 of 6974,795
  4. B−DeWitt Township#380 of 69715,516
  5. AEagle Township#83 of 6972,802
  6. AOlive Townshipanother Olive Township is in Ottawa County#93 of 6972,527
  7. ASt. Johns#97 of 6977,780
  8. BVictor Township#338 of 6973,493
  9. B+Watertown Townshipanother Watertown Township is in Tuscola County and Sanilac County#252 of 6975,890

Crawford County 1 graded

  1. C+Grayling Township#502 of 6975,892

Delta County 4 graded

  1. CEscanaba#547 of 69712,257
  2. B+Escanaba Township#220 of 6973,552
  3. A−Gladstone#164 of 6975,189
  4. C+Wells Townshipanother Wells Township is in Tuscola County#489 of 6974,821

Dickinson County 4 graded

  1. BBreitung Township#282 of 6975,857
  2. BIron Mountain#298 of 6977,469
  3. AKingsford#116 of 6975,096
  4. ANorway#105 of 6972,815

Eaton County 13 graded

  1. C+Bellevue Township#481 of 6973,218
  2. C+Benton Townshipanother Benton Township is in Cheboygan County and Berrien County#441 of 6972,776
  3. C+Carmel Township#456 of 6972,851
  4. B−Charlotte#422 of 6979,305
  5. B+Delta Township#250 of 69733,175
  6. CEaton Rapids#556 of 6975,218
  7. B−Eaton Rapids Township#383 of 6974,012
  8. BEaton Township#281 of 6974,009
  9. AGrand Ledge#100 of 6977,853
  10. C+Hamlin Townshipanother Hamlin Township is in Mason County#475 of 6973,238
  11. BOneida Township#300 of 6973,966
  12. B−Potterville#377 of 6973,135
  13. BWindsor Township#351 of 6977,197

Emmet County 5 graded

  1. B+Bear Creek Township#197 of 6976,513
  2. ALittle Traverse Township#92 of 6972,622
  3. B−Littlefield Township#392 of 6973,192
  4. APetoskey#41 of 6975,772
  5. A+Resort Township#8 of 6972,821

Genesee County 26 graded

  1. A−Argentine Township#191 of 6977,021
  2. BAtlas Township#343 of 6978,271
  3. D−Burton#686 of 69729,313
  4. C+Clayton Townshipanother Clayton Township is in Arenac County#466 of 6977,309
  5. C+Davison#478 of 6975,039
  6. C+Davison Township#492 of 69720,403
  7. B−Fenton#408 of 69711,774
  8. BFenton Township#286 of 69717,408
  9. D−Flint#691 of 69779,306
  10. D−Flint Township#694 of 69730,844
  11. BFlushing#328 of 6978,175
  12. B−Flushing Township#416 of 69710,574
  13. CForest Townshipanother Forest Township is in Missaukee County#545 of 6974,354
  14. C+Gaines Townshipanother Gaines Township is in Kent County#455 of 6976,610
  15. D−Genesee Township#685 of 69720,266
  16. BGrand Blanc#279 of 6977,880
  17. BGrand Blanc Township#347 of 69740,022
  18. ALinden#99 of 6974,186
  19. C+Montrose Township#435 of 6975,896
  20. DMount Morris#681 of 6973,086
  21. DMount Morris Township#677 of 69719,484
  22. CMundy Township#551 of 69715,468
  23. B−Richfield Townshipanother Richfield Township is in Roscommon County#427 of 6978,941
  24. B−Swartz Creek#405 of 6975,827
  25. DThetford Township#659 of 6976,482
  26. C−Vienna Township#597 of 69713,001

Gladwin County 3 graded

  1. C−Gladwin#571 of 6973,140
  2. DSage Township#653 of 6972,502
  3. DTobacco Township#663 of 6972,519

Gogebic County 1 graded

  1. B−Ironwood#375 of 6974,950

Grand Traverse County 10 graded

  1. AAcme Township#49 of 6974,531
  2. BBlair Township#284 of 6979,208
  3. A−East Bay Township#137 of 69711,780
  4. B+Garfield Townshipanother Garfield Township is in Newaygo County and Mackinac County and Kalkaska County and Bay County and Clare County#258 of 69719,698
  5. B+Green Lake Township#255 of 6976,822
  6. BLong Lake Township#313 of 69710,101
  7. B+Paradise Township#204 of 6975,101
  8. A−Peninsula Township#190 of 6976,160
  9. BTraverse City#305 of 69715,832
  10. AWhitewater Township#118 of 6972,736

Gratiot County 4 graded

  1. C+Alma#511 of 6979,304
  2. B+Ithaca#199 of 6972,807
  3. C+St. Louis#507 of 6977,406
  4. BWheeler Township#296 of 6972,569

Hillsdale County 4 graded

  1. CCambria Township#522 of 6972,547
  2. B−Hillsdale#420 of 6978,002
  3. C−Jefferson Townshipanother Jefferson Township is in Cass County#593 of 6973,037
  4. BSomerset Township#292 of 6974,606

Houghton County 5 graded

  1. A−Adams Townshipanother Adams Township is in Hillsdale County#168 of 6972,565
  2. BCalumet Township#344 of 6976,309
  3. A−Hancock#143 of 6974,596
  4. A−HoughtonCollege campus8,560
  5. A−Portage Township#145 of 6973,234

Huron County 2 graded

  1. C+Bad Axe#472 of 6972,943
  2. B−Sebewaing Township#373 of 6972,602

Ingham County 14 graded

  1. B+Alaiedon Township#214 of 6972,933
  2. BAurelius Township#274 of 6974,394
  3. B−Delhi Township#364 of 69728,431
  4. B+East LansingCollege campus49,355
  5. DLansing#673 of 697113,884
  6. C−Lansing Township#609 of 6978,060
  7. A−Leroy Townshipanother Leroy Township is in Calhoun County#167 of 6973,881
  8. A−Mason#120 of 6978,264
  9. A−Meridian Township#159 of 69744,869
  10. C+Onondaga Township#491 of 6973,086
  11. A−Stockbridge Township#157 of 6973,998
  12. B+Vevay Township#236 of 6973,638
  13. A−Williamston#150 of 6973,810
  14. B+Williamstown Township#237 of 6975,338

Ionia County 10 graded

  1. B−Belding#419 of 6976,000
  2. ABoston Township#96 of 6976,121
  3. B+Danby Township#216 of 6972,997
  4. B−Easton Township#421 of 6973,136
  5. BIonia#276 of 69712,208
  6. CIonia Township#544 of 6974,125
  7. BLyons Township#327 of 6973,580
  8. A−Odessa Township#130 of 6973,966
  9. C+Orleans Township#468 of 6972,758
  10. A−Portland#141 of 6973,770

Iosco County 3 graded

  1. B−East Tawas#357 of 6972,662
  2. C+Oscoda Township#479 of 6977,158
  3. CPlainfield Townshipanother Plainfield Township is in Kent County#558 of 6973,353

Iron County 1 graded

  1. BIron River#288 of 6973,027

Isabella County 6 graded

  1. C−Chippewa Townshipanother Chippewa Township is in Mecosta County#579 of 6974,668
  2. CCoe Township#549 of 6973,084
  3. DDeerfield Townshipanother Deerfield Township is in Lapeer County and Livingston County and Mecosta County and Lenawee County#671 of 6973,366
  4. DMount Pleasant#637 of 69720,925
  5. D−Sherman Townshipanother Sherman Township is in St. Joseph County and Newaygo County and Gladwin County and Osceola County and Mason County#688 of 6973,236
  6. C−Union Townshipanother Union Township is in Branch County#629 of 69711,850

Jackson County 18 graded

  1. DBlackman Township#657 of 69724,987
  2. C+Columbia Townshipanother Columbia Township is in Van Buren County and Tuscola County#462 of 6977,515
  3. C+Concord Township#463 of 6972,721
  4. A−Grass Lake Township#138 of 6976,273
  5. B+Hanover Townshipanother Hanover Township is in Wexford County#221 of 6973,708
  6. C+Henrietta Township#494 of 6974,729
  7. DJackson#678 of 69731,022
  8. CLeoni Township#532 of 69713,764
  9. BLiberty Township#304 of 6973,080
  10. B−Napoleon Township#403 of 6976,706
  11. B−Norvell Township#360 of 6972,822
  12. CParma Township#564 of 6972,670
  13. C−Rives Township#613 of 6974,794
  14. BSandstone Township#314 of 6973,873
  15. ASpring Arbor Township#39 of 6978,526
  16. DSummit Township#647 of 69722,705
  17. C−Tompkins Township#606 of 6972,641
  18. CWaterloo Township#537 of 6972,995

Kalamazoo County 14 graded

  1. A−Alamo Township#169 of 6973,826
  2. A−Brady Townshipanother Brady Township is in Saginaw County#127 of 6974,485
  3. C+Comstock Township#493 of 69715,512
  4. B−Cooper Township#400 of 69710,446
  5. DKalamazoo#675 of 69772,683
  6. DKalamazoo Township#667 of 69722,523
  7. COshtemo Township#567 of 69723,971
  8. CPavilion Township#553 of 6976,333
  9. B−Portage#361 of 69749,862
  10. ARichland Townshipanother Richland Township is in Montcalm County and Saginaw County and Missaukee County#77 of 6979,116
  11. ARoss Township#78 of 6974,891
  12. B+Schoolcraft Townshipanother Schoolcraft Township is in Houghton County#241 of 6979,316
  13. B+Texas Township#206 of 69718,864
  14. B−Vicksburg#417 of 6973,973

Kalkaska County 2 graded

  1. BClearwater Township#324 of 6972,600
  2. BKalkaska Township#272 of 6975,207

Kent County 31 graded

  1. AAda Township#34 of 69714,769
  2. A−Algoma Township#161 of 69712,454
  3. BAlpine Township#285 of 69714,034
  4. A−Bowne Township#153 of 6973,339
  5. A+Byron Township#15 of 69728,685
  6. A+Caledonia Townshipanother Caledonia Township is in Shiawassee County and Alcona County#10 of 69717,171
  7. ACannon Township#89 of 69714,615
  8. ACascade Township#61 of 69720,201
  9. CCedar Springs#543 of 6973,789
  10. ACourtland Township#109 of 6979,321
  11. A+East Grand Rapids#18 of 69711,663
  12. AGaines Townshipanother Gaines Township is in Genesee County#44 of 69730,659
  13. C−Grand Rapids#583 of 697201,183
  14. AGrand Rapids Township#43 of 69719,442
  15. A−Grandville#165 of 69717,018
  16. B+Grattan Township#231 of 6973,896
  17. C+Kentwood#453 of 69754,776
  18. ALowell#47 of 6974,134
  19. ALowell Township#63 of 6976,500
  20. B+Nelson Township#238 of 6975,054
  21. B+Oakfield Township#239 of 6976,190
  22. APlainfield Townshipanother Plainfield Township is in Iosco County#80 of 69734,770
  23. ARockford#108 of 6976,313
  24. B+Solon Townshipanother Solon Township is in Leelanau County#242 of 6976,652
  25. B+Sparta#215 of 6974,255
  26. A−Sparta Township#151 of 6979,617
  27. BSpencer Township#316 of 6974,288
  28. B−Tyrone Townshipanother Tyrone Township is in Livingston County#365 of 6975,262
  29. A−Vergennes Township#163 of 6974,968
  30. A−Walker#177 of 69725,881
  31. B−Wyoming#386 of 69778,588

Lake County 1 graded

  1. D−Webber Township#695 of 6972,583

Lapeer County 17 graded

  1. B+Almont#232 of 6972,848
  2. A−Almont Township#193 of 6977,103
  3. B−Arcadia Township#394 of 6973,174
  4. CAttica Township#517 of 6974,729
  5. B+Deerfield Townshipanother Deerfield Township is in Isabella County and Livingston County and Mecosta County and Lenawee County#201 of 6975,802
  6. A−Dryden Township#184 of 6974,809
  7. BElba Townshipanother Elba Township is in Gratiot County#330 of 6975,256
  8. BHadley Township#308 of 6974,555
  9. C+Imlay City#498 of 6973,753
  10. CImlay Township#527 of 6973,192
  11. C+Lapeer#500 of 6979,201
  12. BLapeer Township#280 of 6974,996
  13. CMarathon Township#530 of 6974,444
  14. BMayfield Townshipanother Mayfield Township is in Grand Traverse County#337 of 6978,070
  15. A−Metamora Township#156 of 6974,573
  16. B+North Branch Township#235 of 6973,557
  17. C+Oregon Township#434 of 6975,722

Leelanau County 3 graded

  1. B−Bingham Townshipanother Bingham Township is in Clinton County and Huron County#371 of 6972,660
  2. B+Elmwood Townshipanother Elmwood Township is in Tuscola County#224 of 6975,039
  3. B−Suttons Bay Township#424 of 6972,959

Lenawee County 11 graded

  1. C−Adrian#611 of 69720,191
  2. B+Adrian Township#257 of 6976,322
  3. B+Blissfield#222 of 6973,262
  4. BCambridge Township#294 of 6975,763
  5. AClinton Townshipanother Clinton Township is in Macomb County#86 of 6973,700
  6. BFranklin Townshipanother Franklin Township is in Houghton County#353 of 6973,047
  7. CMadison Township#542 of 6977,538
  8. BRaisin Township#277 of 6978,165
  9. C+Rollin Township#467 of 6973,020
  10. B+Tecumseh#209 of 6978,608
  11. CWoodstock Township#520 of 6973,578

Livingston County 18 graded

  1. ABrighton#115 of 6977,904
  2. ABrighton Township#67 of 69719,489
  3. B+Cohoctah Township#270 of 6973,185
  4. BConway Township#322 of 6973,594
  5. ADeerfield Townshipanother Deerfield Township is in Lapeer County and Isabella County and Mecosta County and Lenawee County#112 of 6974,102
  6. CFowlerville#525 of 6972,874
  7. A−Genoa Township#187 of 69720,576
  8. A+Green Oak Township#31 of 69719,901
  9. AHamburg Township#58 of 69720,901
  10. B+Handy Township#251 of 6978,887
  11. A+Hartland Township#28 of 69716,108
  12. A−Howell#183 of 6979,896
  13. BIosco Township#309 of 6973,876
  14. B+Marion Townshipanother Marion Township is in Sanilac County and Osceola County and Charlevoix County#210 of 69712,051
  15. A−Oceola Township#170 of 69714,888
  16. B+Putnam Township#248 of 6977,797
  17. B+Tyrone Townshipanother Tyrone Township is in Kent County#245 of 69712,270
  18. A−Unadilla Township#122 of 6973,284

Luce County 1 graded

  1. CPentland Township#538 of 6972,693

Macomb County 24 graded

  1. AArmada Township#94 of 6975,384
  2. B+Bruce Townshipanother Bruce Township is in Chippewa County#213 of 69710,175
  3. C−Center Line#610 of 6978,503
  4. B+Chesterfield Township#253 of 69747,770
  5. C+Clinton Townshipanother Clinton Township is in Lenawee County#440 of 697101,374
  6. D−Eastpointe#687 of 69733,814
  7. C+Fraser#464 of 69714,496
  8. C+Harrison Township#471 of 69723,984
  9. C+Lenox Township#437 of 69713,251
  10. B+Macomb Township#219 of 69795,099
  11. DMount Clemens#636 of 69715,419
  12. ANew Baltimore#95 of 69712,123
  13. C+New Haven#457 of 6976,749
  14. BRay Township#291 of 6973,848
  15. BRichmond#350 of 6975,927
  16. C+Richmond Townshipanother Richmond Township is in Osceola County#482 of 6973,632
  17. ARomeo#88 of 6973,750
  18. DRoseville#650 of 69746,863
  19. B+Shelby Townshipanother Shelby Township is in Oceana County#207 of 69780,415
  20. BSt. Clair Shores#334 of 69757,872
  21. C+Sterling Heights#447 of 697133,931
  22. B−Utica#410 of 6975,114
  23. C−Warren#612 of 697137,138
  24. B+Washington Townshipanother Washington Township is in Sanilac County#225 of 69729,229

Manistee County 2 graded

  1. CManistee#519 of 6976,157
  2. B−Manistee Township#423 of 6974,268

Marquette County 8 graded

  1. A−Chocolay Township#176 of 6976,014
  2. C+Forsyth Township#461 of 6976,291
  3. B−Ishpeming#366 of 6976,205
  4. A−Ishpeming Township#119 of 6973,449
  5. BMarquette#310 of 69721,944
  6. B−Marquette Township#407 of 6974,196
  7. A−Negaunee#144 of 6974,663
  8. BNegaunee Township#331 of 6973,292

Mason County 3 graded

  1. CAmber Township#540 of 6972,550
  2. C+Hamlin Townshipanother Hamlin Township is in Eaton County#445 of 6973,732
  3. CLudington#521 of 6977,634

Mecosta County 5 graded

  1. CBig Rapids#535 of 6978,623
  2. C−Big Rapids Township#608 of 6974,096
  3. CGreen Townshipanother Green Township is in Alpena County#557 of 6973,408
  4. C−Mecosta Township#618 of 6972,891
  5. DMorton Township#679 of 6974,766

Menominee County 2 graded

  1. C+Menominee#436 of 6978,175
  2. B−Menominee Township#431 of 6973,306

Midland County 7 graded

  1. AHomer Townshipanother Homer Township is in Calhoun County#101 of 6973,952
  2. A+Ingersoll Township#19 of 6972,622
  3. C+Jerome Township#452 of 6974,613
  4. ALarkin Township#40 of 6975,390
  5. BLee Townshipanother Lee Township is in Allegan County and Calhoun County#332 of 6974,075
  6. A+Lincoln Townshipanother Lincoln Township is in Berrien County and Newaygo County and Isabella County and Osceola County and Clare County#3 of 6972,550
  7. AMidland#65 of 69742,806

Missaukee County 1 graded

  1. B−Lake Townshipanother Lake Township is in Berrien County and Roscommon County#415 of 6972,851

Monroe County 16 graded

  1. B−Ash Township#363 of 6978,013
  2. B+Bedford Townshipanother Bedford Township is in Calhoun County#259 of 69732,013
  3. CBerlin Townshipanother Berlin Township is in St. Clair County and Ionia County#555 of 69710,123
  4. A−Dundee#172 of 6976,008
  5. A−Dundee Township#160 of 6978,780
  6. A−Erie Township#194 of 6974,348
  7. C−Exeter Township#585 of 6973,977
  8. C−Frenchtown Township#595 of 69721,753
  9. A−Ida Township#136 of 6974,808
  10. B−La Salle Township#426 of 6974,591
  11. B−London Township#390 of 6973,006
  12. DMonroe#639 of 69720,076
  13. C−Monroe Township#619 of 69714,277
  14. BRaisinville Township#349 of 6976,136
  15. A−Summerfield Township#173 of 6973,195
  16. AWhiteford Township#70 of 6974,618

Montcalm County 12 graded

  1. B−Bloomer Township#391 of 6976,567
  2. B−Cato Township#430 of 6973,002
  3. C−Crystal Township#582 of 6972,726
  4. AEureka Township#110 of 6974,354
  5. CEvergreen Township#513 of 6973,063
  6. B−Greenville#413 of 6979,256
  7. C+Home Township#454 of 6972,813
  8. BMontcalm Township#339 of 6973,532
  9. A−Pierson Township#186 of 6973,516
  10. B+Reynolds Township#243 of 6975,687
  11. DRichland Townshipanother Richland Township is in Kalamazoo County and Saginaw County and Missaukee County#670 of 6972,778
  12. C−Sidney Township#602 of 6972,651

Montmorency County 1 graded

  1. DAlbert Township#666 of 6972,637

Muskegon County 16 graded

  1. CCasnovia Township#565 of 6972,825
  2. C−Cedar Creek Townshipanother Cedar Creek Township is in Wexford County#617 of 6973,365
  3. C+Dalton Township#476 of 6979,651
  4. DEgelston Township#634 of 69711,445
  5. C+Fruitland Township#439 of 6975,955
  6. C+Fruitport Township#509 of 69715,666
  7. C−Holton Township#588 of 6972,674
  8. BLaketon Township#348 of 6977,721
  9. DMuskegon#661 of 69737,224
  10. DMuskegon Township#638 of 69717,911
  11. ANorth Muskegon#79 of 6974,079
  12. C+Norton Shores#486 of 69725,088
  13. BRavenna Township#299 of 6973,045
  14. CRoosevelt Park#566 of 6974,121
  15. CSullivan Township#562 of 6972,725
  16. B+Whitehall#262 of 6973,205

Newaygo County 10 graded

  1. B−Ashland Township#374 of 6972,861
  2. DBig Prairie Township#662 of 6972,569
  3. C−Brooks Township#620 of 6973,833
  4. C−Croton Township#623 of 6973,472
  5. B+Ensley Township#256 of 6972,723
  6. B−Fremont#376 of 6974,599
  7. CGarfield Townshipanother Garfield Township is in Grand Traverse County and Mackinac County and Kalkaska County and Bay County and Clare County#541 of 6972,589
  8. C+Grant Townshipanother Grant Township is in Oceana County and Clare County and St. Clair County and Grand Traverse County and Iosco County#451 of 6973,406
  9. DNewaygo#642 of 6972,547
  10. B−Sheridan Townshipanother Sheridan Township is in Calhoun County and Mason County and Mecosta County and Clare County#402 of 6972,581

Oakland County 52 graded

  1. AAddison Township#68 of 6976,321
  2. C−Auburn Hills#603 of 69725,925
  3. A+Berkley#1 of 69715,145
  4. A+Beverly Hills#21 of 69710,449
  5. A+Birmingham#32 of 69721,923
  6. ABloomfield Hills#38 of 6974,390
  7. ABloomfield Township#42 of 69743,904
  8. ABrandon Township#60 of 69715,541
  9. AClawson#69 of 69711,312
  10. ACommerce Township#85 of 69745,067
  11. A+Farmington#14 of 69711,409
  12. B+Farmington Hills#205 of 69783,291
  13. B−Ferndale#396 of 69719,212
  14. AFranklin#37 of 6973,134
  15. BGroveland Township#273 of 6976,274
  16. CHazel Park#539 of 69714,937
  17. AHighland Townshipanother Highland Township is in Osceola County#113 of 69720,319
  18. A−Holly#152 of 6975,906
  19. BHolly Township#278 of 69712,283
  20. A+Huntington Woods#5 of 6976,274
  21. AIndependence Township#51 of 69737,725
  22. B+Keego Harbor#265 of 6972,723
  23. A+Lake Orion#17 of 6972,900
  24. BLathrup Village#318 of 6974,019
  25. A+Lyon Townshipanother Lyon Township is in Roscommon County#33 of 69726,867
  26. BMadison Heights#303 of 69728,297
  27. AMilford#52 of 6976,520
  28. B+Milford Township#211 of 69718,008
  29. A+Northvillealso in Wayne County#6 of 6976,013
  30. ANovi#55 of 69767,319
  31. DOak Park#643 of 69729,072
  32. A+Oakland Township#16 of 69720,631
  33. A+Orion Township#24 of 69738,882
  34. AOxford#111 of 6973,451
  35. A−Oxford Township#125 of 69723,066
  36. B+Pleasant Ridge#228 of 6972,592
  37. DPontiac#682 of 69762,077
  38. A+Rochester#4 of 69712,824
  39. A+Rochester Hills#29 of 69777,539
  40. B+Rose Townshipanother Rose Township is in Ogemaw County#254 of 6976,268
  41. ARoyal Oak#74 of 69757,583
  42. A+South Lyon#13 of 69712,107
  43. C−Southfield#615 of 69776,111
  44. ASouthfield Township#46 of 69714,671
  45. ASpringfield Townshipanother Springfield Township is in Kalkaska County#102 of 69714,832
  46. ATroy#98 of 69788,733
  47. A−Walled Lake#192 of 6977,320
  48. BWaterford Township#346 of 69769,922
  49. A−West Bloomfield Township#135 of 69766,049
  50. A−White Lake Township#189 of 69731,377
  51. B+Wixom#198 of 69717,313
  52. AWolverine Lake#48 of 6974,455

Oceana County 2 graded

  1. C+Grant Townshipanother Grant Township is in Newaygo County and Clare County and St. Clair County and Grand Traverse County and Iosco County#442 of 6973,034
  2. C+Shelby Townshipanother Shelby Township is in Macomb County#480 of 6974,143

Ogemaw County 1 graded

  1. C−Mills Townshipanother Mills Township is in Midland County#627 of 6974,054

Osceola County 1 graded

  1. C+Reed City#501 of 6972,528

Oscoda County 1 graded

  1. DBig Creek Township#646 of 6972,739

Otsego County 5 graded

  1. B+Bagley Township#230 of 6976,104
  2. CGaylord#554 of 6974,444
  3. C+Hayes Townshipanother Hayes Township is in Clare County and Charlevoix County#477 of 6972,839
  4. A−Livingston Township#174 of 6972,748
  5. BOtsego Lake Township#352 of 6972,968

Ottawa County 22 graded

  1. AAllendale Township#104 of 69727,519
  2. A+Blendon Township#27 of 6977,629
  3. BCoopersville#325 of 6974,802
  4. A+Crockery Township#25 of 6974,784
  5. A−Ferrysburg#124 of 6972,955
  6. A+Georgetown Township#23 of 69755,682
  7. AGrand Haven#117 of 69711,038
  8. A−Grand Haven Township#133 of 69719,981
  9. B+Hollandalso in Allegan County#260 of 69735,372
  10. A+Hudsonville#22 of 6977,964
  11. AJamestown Township#57 of 69710,702
  12. A+Olive Townshipanother Olive Township is in Clinton County#12 of 6975,291
  13. B+Park Townshipanother Park Township is in St. Joseph County#227 of 69719,199
  14. BPolkton Township#307 of 6972,616
  15. B+Port Sheldon Township#249 of 6975,480
  16. ARobinson Township#50 of 6976,475
  17. A+Spring Lake#2 of 6972,504
  18. ASpring Lake Township#107 of 69715,705
  19. A−Tallmadge Township#181 of 6979,188
  20. B+Wright Townshipanother Wright Township is in Hillsdale County#268 of 6973,185
  21. A−Zeeland#166 of 6975,637
  22. A+Zeeland Township#7 of 69712,305

Presque Isle County 1 graded

  1. BRogers City#306 of 6972,869

Roscommon County 4 graded

  1. C−Denton Township#576 of 6975,411
  2. C+Gerrish Township#448 of 6972,839
  3. C+Richfield Townshipanother Richfield Township is in Genesee County#488 of 6973,575
  4. C−Roscommon Township#607 of 6974,520

Saginaw County 14 graded

  1. B−Birch Run Township#358 of 6975,853
  2. DBridgeport Township#674 of 6979,874
  3. DBuena Vista Township#683 of 6977,473
  4. D−Carrollton Township#690 of 6975,585
  5. BChesaning Township#271 of 6974,654
  6. A−Frankenmuth#158 of 6975,197
  7. BKochville TownshipCollege campus5,166
  8. C+Maple Grove Townshipanother Maple Grove Township is in Manistee County and Barry County#485 of 6972,646
  9. B−Richland Townshipanother Richland Township is in Montcalm County and Kalamazoo County and Missaukee County#356 of 6973,902
  10. D−Saginaw#692 of 69742,863
  11. BSt. Charles Township#341 of 6973,115
  12. C+Taymouth Township#446 of 6974,037
  13. B−Thomas Township#401 of 69711,900
  14. B+Tittabawassee Township#263 of 69711,007

Sanilac County 3 graded

  1. BLexington Township#342 of 6973,452
  2. BSandusky#290 of 6972,664
  3. DWorth Township#632 of 6973,423

Schoolcraft County 1 graded

  1. C−Manistique#592 of 6972,868

Shiawassee County 11 graded

  1. B−Bennington Township#354 of 6973,105
  2. C+Burns Township#487 of 6973,268
  3. C+Caledonia Townshipanother Caledonia Township is in Kent County and Alcona County#450 of 6974,323
  4. B+Corunna#266 of 6973,000
  5. BDurand#283 of 6973,457
  6. C−Owosso#584 of 69714,437
  7. C−Owosso Township#596 of 6974,786
  8. C+Perry Township#469 of 6974,167
  9. B−Shiawassee Township#389 of 6972,726
  10. B+Vernon Townshipanother Vernon Township is in Isabella County#269 of 6974,296
  11. BWoodhull Township#311 of 6973,689

St. Clair County 23 graded

  1. C+Algonac#459 of 6974,109
  2. BBerlin Townshipanother Berlin Township is in Monroe County and Ionia County#275 of 6973,134
  3. BBurtchville Township#345 of 6974,034
  4. B−Casco Townshipanother Casco Township is in Allegan County#433 of 6974,387
  5. BChina Township#293 of 6973,530
  6. B−Clay Township#399 of 6978,268
  7. C+Clyde Townshipanother Clyde Township is in Allegan County#458 of 6975,422
  8. BColumbus Township#336 of 6974,303
  9. B+Cottrellville Township#223 of 6973,469
  10. C+East China Township#510 of 6973,661
  11. B+Emmett Townshipanother Emmett Township is in Calhoun County#261 of 6972,515
  12. BFort Gratiot Township#297 of 69711,715
  13. B−Ira Township#393 of 6975,104
  14. B−Kimball Township#388 of 6979,652
  15. B+Marine City#244 of 6973,997
  16. A−Marysville#126 of 6979,868
  17. B−Mussey Township#398 of 6974,177
  18. DPort Huron#669 of 69728,273
  19. DPort Huron Township#644 of 69710,665
  20. B−Riley Townshipanother Riley Township is in Clinton County#378 of 6973,196
  21. ASt. Clair#114 of 6975,833
  22. BSt. Clair Township#320 of 6977,159
  23. BWales Township#317 of 6973,195

St. Joseph County 11 graded

  1. B−Burr Oak Township#404 of 6972,635
  2. CColon Township#546 of 6973,336
  3. C−Constantine Township#599 of 6974,043
  4. B−Fabius Township#367 of 6973,325
  5. CLockport Township#533 of 6973,825
  6. C+Mendon Township#503 of 6972,565
  7. C+Nottawa Townshipanother Nottawa Township is in Isabella County#483 of 6973,808
  8. CSherman Townshipanother Sherman Township is in Isabella County and Newaygo County and Gladwin County and Osceola County and Mason County#515 of 6973,462
  9. C−Sturgis#587 of 69710,900
  10. C−Three Rivers#580 of 6977,910
  11. C−White Pigeon Township#591 of 6973,893

Tuscola County 8 graded

  1. C−Arbela Township#575 of 6972,770
  2. DCaro#649 of 6974,258
  3. B−Denmark Township#412 of 6972,704
  4. B−Elkland Township#429 of 6973,485
  5. CFremont Townshipanother Fremont Township is in Isabella County and Saginaw County#550 of 6973,126
  6. C+Millington Township#473 of 6974,171
  7. DVassar#676 of 6972,685
  8. CVassar Township#561 of 6973,871

Van Buren County 14 graded

  1. B−Almena Township#428 of 6975,404
  2. B+Antwerp Township#196 of 69713,832
  3. DBloomingdale Township#633 of 6973,074
  4. D−Columbia Townshipanother Columbia Township is in Jackson County and Tuscola County#696 of 6972,542
  5. C+Decatur Township#474 of 6973,503
  6. C−Geneva Townshipanother Geneva Township is in Midland County#621 of 6973,401
  7. DHartford Township#672 of 6972,981
  8. DLawrence Township#635 of 6973,294
  9. B−Mattawan#385 of 6972,934
  10. C−Paw Paw#577 of 6973,386
  11. B−Paw Paw Township#395 of 6976,884
  12. C+Pine Grove Township#470 of 6973,083
  13. DSouth Haven#664 of 6974,002
  14. C−Waverly Township#573 of 6972,502

Washtenaw County 23 graded

  1. B+Ann Arbor#203 of 697122,233
  2. AAnn Arbor Township#36 of 6974,506
  3. BAugusta Township#323 of 6977,345
  4. AChelsea#91 of 6975,424
  5. ADexter#35 of 6974,461
  6. A−Dexter Township#146 of 6976,510
  7. ALima Township#87 of 6974,215
  8. A+Lodi Township#20 of 6976,281
  9. A−Lyndon Township#134 of 6972,662
  10. A−Manchester Township#121 of 6974,550
  11. AMilanalso in Monroe County#106 of 6975,973
  12. ANorthfield Township#54 of 6978,785
  13. B+Pittsfield Township#218 of 69740,265
  14. A−Salem Townshipanother Salem Township is in Allegan County#154 of 6976,786
  15. ASaline#90 of 6979,001
  16. ASaline Township#84 of 6972,735
  17. AScio Township#56 of 69718,597
  18. B+Superior Townshipanother Superior Township is in Chippewa County#200 of 69714,862
  19. ASylvan Townshipanother Sylvan Township is in Osceola County#72 of 6973,545
  20. AWebster Township#103 of 6976,485
  21. B+York Township#195 of 6979,130
  22. CYpsilanti#524 of 69719,766
  23. B−Ypsilanti Township#411 of 69753,721

Wayne County 42 graded

  1. B−Allen Park#382 of 69727,445
  2. C+Belleville#444 of 6973,851
  3. BBrownstown Township#326 of 69732,680
  4. A−Canton Township#139 of 69799,714
  5. C−Dearborn#601 of 697105,611
  6. C−Dearborn Heights#594 of 69760,664
  7. DDetroit#680 of 697649,095
  8. C−Ecorse#622 of 6978,893
  9. B−Flat Rock#414 of 69710,218
  10. C+Garden City#508 of 69726,280
  11. A−Gibraltar#140 of 6974,792
  12. A−Grosse Ile Township#129 of 69710,409
  13. A−Grosse Pointe#148 of 6975,490
  14. AGrosse Pointe Farms#62 of 6979,735
  15. AGrosse Pointe Park#71 of 69711,095
  16. A−Grosse Pointe Woods#180 of 69715,792
  17. DHamtramck#645 of 69727,261
  18. DHarper Woods#656 of 69714,860
  19. C−Highland Park#614 of 6978,248
  20. C+Huron Township#449 of 69716,556
  21. D−Inkster#689 of 69724,959
  22. C−Lincoln Park#626 of 69738,529
  23. A−Livonia#182 of 69792,603
  24. DMelvindale#654 of 69712,325
  25. A+Northville Township#30 of 69731,399
  26. A+Plymouth#9 of 6979,164
  27. A+Plymouth Township#26 of 69727,130
  28. DRedford Township#641 of 69747,432
  29. C−River Rouge#625 of 6976,814
  30. A−Riverview#188 of 69711,947
  31. A−Rockwood#185 of 6973,132
  32. DRomulus#665 of 69724,547
  33. CSouthgate#559 of 69728,931
  34. C−Sumpter Township#578 of 69711,384
  35. DTaylor#660 of 69761,279
  36. A+Trenton#11 of 69717,849
  37. C−Van Buren Township#605 of 69729,770
  38. AVillage of Grosse Pointe Shores#53 of 6972,533
  39. DWayne#651 of 69717,065
  40. CWestland#552 of 69782,333
  41. B−Woodhaven#370 of 69712,503
  42. BWyandotte#301 of 69724,072

Wexford County 2 graded

  1. CCadillac#514 of 69710,438
  2. BHaring Township#302 of 6973,626
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