Almira TownshipMI
A town of 3,989, settled in 1864.
Is Almira Township a good place to live?
Almira Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $285K for a typical one, or 3.5 years of the Traverse City metro’s $81K median household income. It grades B overall, 287th of 697 graded towns in Michigan. On the plus side, the median household earns $90K. Almira Township’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in Michigan’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Ransom Lake Natural Area, 246 acres with 2.6 miles of trail.
What makes Almira Township stand out
Where Almira Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Almira Township for work
Where Almira Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Almira Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Almira Township is from typical.
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and 1 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Almira Township. Close and well known come first.
6 mi National LakeshoreSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore1.6M visitors a year16 mi MuseumMichigan Legacy Art ParkPhoto credits
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: en:User:Grod028, Public domain
Moving to Almira Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Almira Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Almira Township.
Almira Township gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Traverse City and beyond.
Conservation land takes up 2% of Almira Township
Trails total 50 miles in 13 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit | 34.8 mi | 6,042 |
| 2. Lower Woodcock Lake Nature Preserve | 3.1 mi | 229 |
| 3. Ransom Lake Natural Area | 2.6 mi | 246 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Almira Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects here, 48% come from inland flooding and 39% from cold waves. Almira Township’s FEMA hazard score is 11 of 100. The national flood insurance program has paid one claim locally since 2020.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About one in three of Almira Township’s working residents commute to Traverse City
Almira Township has 200 jobs for its 1,563 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The top destinations are Traverse City (32%), Garfield Township (13%) and Green Lake Township (3%). 3.4% of Almira Township residents live below the poverty line, where Michigan’s towns sit at 8.9% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Also worth knowing: since 2011, Almira Township has added 98 jobs, to 200 in 2021. The median commute is under 12 miles.
| Almira Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Almira Township ranks healthier than 71% of the country’s towns
Among adults in Almira Township, 31% feel lonely. The town does better than the Michigan average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1.
| Almira Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 25% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Almira Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.1% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.1% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Almira Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
The Maple City 1e weather station, 8 miles away, records that 143 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 99% of U.S. towns.
The July high for Almira Township comes to 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Almira Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Almira Township
About 4 of every 100 Almira Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Almira Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Almira Township ( al-MY-rə) is a civil township in the northeast of Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,873, making it the most-populous municipality in Benzie County.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 873 ft
Almira Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Almira Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almira Township | #287 | B | B | — | C+ | B+ |
| Inland Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | B |
| Platte Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Long Lake Township | #313 | B | C− | — | A− | B+ |
| Kasson Township | — | — | C | — | A | B+ |
| Homestead Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | B− |
Inland Township, Kasson Township and Homestead Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Almira Township, Inland Township, Long Lake Township, Kasson Township and Homestead Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Platte Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Almira Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Almira Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Almira Township, MI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Almira Township grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns and #287 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B+ for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Almira Township, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.