Arcada TownshipMI
A town of 1,640.
Is Arcada Township a good place to live?
The best of Arcada Township’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for schools; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 2 of the 702 Michigan towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Arcada Township. 95% of households own their home in Arcada Township, above both Michigan’s towns (84%) and U.S. towns (73%). Arcada Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Arcada Township for work
Where Arcada Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Arcada Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Arcada Township is from typical.
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Moving to Arcada Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Arcada 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 Arcada Township.
Most of Arcada Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Arcada Township for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Arcada Township fell to 86 in 2021, 65 fewer than in 2011. 13% of Arcada Township residents live below the poverty line, where Michigan’s towns sit at 8.9% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Arcada Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Arcada Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Arcada Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Arcada Township is less healthy than 59% of U.S. towns
Arcada Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of Arcada Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Arcada Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Arcada Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.3% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
An age mix much like Michigan’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Michigan average. 38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Arcada Township.
| Arcada Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 26% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 45 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 19% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46.9% women, 53.1% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Arcada Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.5% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.8% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.2% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.1% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.9% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.8% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.5% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.5% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.5% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.7% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Arcada Township has set aside 1.2% of its land for conservation
0.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Luneack Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Arcada Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Arcada Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Arcada Township
About 7 of every 100 Arcada Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Arcada Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Arcada Township is a civil township of Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,671.
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- Area
- 33 sq mi
- Elevation
- 741 ft
Arcada Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Arcada Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcada Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Alma | #511 | C+ | B+ | C | B− | C+ |
| Sumner Township | — | — | A | — | B | C |
| Ithaca | #199 | B+ | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Emerson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pine River Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
Arcada Township, Sumner Township and Pine River Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Arcada Township, Sumner Township, Ithaca and Pine River Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Emerson Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Arcada Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Arcada Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Arcada Township, MI expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.