Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Atlas Township grades B overall, 343rd among Michigan's 697 graded towns. Its public schools beat 88% of Michigan towns on state tests and graduation. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $342K for a typical one and 5.5 times the Flint metro’s $62K median household income. Atlas Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Alanson Green Farm House and Hegel Road Historic District. Atlas Township’s average trip to work is 30 minutes, against 25 minutes in Michigan’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Atlas County Park, at 163 acres.
Where Atlas Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Oaktree Elementary School | 2–5 | 547 |
| Reid Elementary School | PK–1 | 268 |
| Goodrich Middle School | 6–8 | 448 |
Alanson Green Farm HouseWhere Atlas Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Atlas Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,210 in 1960, 8,352 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1855 and 4 maps from 1920 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Atlas 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Atlas Township.
Atlas Township has better schools than Davison Township or any other neighbor and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Its A is the best School Grade on its borders; Davison Township (A−) is next. Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $342K.
Its public schools are run by the Goodrich Area Schools. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Goodrich High School, with 653 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oaktree Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–5 | Grades 2–5 | 547 | A |
| Goodrich High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 653 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Atlas Township for work: only 6% work in town. Atlas Township’s median household income is $107,000. The top destinations are Flint (8%), Grand Blanc Township (5%) and Auburn Hills (4%).
| Atlas Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $107,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 10% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Atlas Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 7,619 U.S. towns with household incomes like Atlas Township’s, it is less healthy than 54%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Atlas Township beats the Michigan average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 22% of adults get no exercise outside work in Atlas Township.
| Atlas Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Atlas Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11% | 15.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.1% | 6.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Atlas Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 52 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
3.7 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The trail density in Atlas Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Atlas Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Atlas County Park | 0.6 mi | 163 |
| 2. Kearsley Creek Park | — | 25 |
| 3. Soccer Fields | — | 22 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Michigan average. 37% of Atlas Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Atlas Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 26% | 29% |
| Median age | 43.4 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.3 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Atlas Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.2% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.3% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.5% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.6% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.8% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.3% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.1% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.8% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.8% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.2% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.1% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.9% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Atlas Township. Close and well known come first.
36 mi Zoo & aquariumDetroit Zoo
11 mi MuseumSloan Museum
37 mi TheatreRedford Theatre
11 mi MuseumFlint Institute of Arts14 mi MuseumCrossroads Village (Michigan)Detroit Zoo: WMrapids, CC0 · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Redford Theatre: Dave Parker, CC BY 3.0 · Flint Institute of Arts: Blueskiesfalling at English Wikipedia, Public domain
3 within 15 miles of the center of Atlas Township
About 5 of every 100 Atlas Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
2 places in Atlas Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Atlas Township is a civil township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 8,352, up from 7,993 at the 2010 census.
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4 towns share a border with Atlas Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Township | #343 | B | D | — | A | B+ |
| Davison Township | #492 | C+ | C− | B | A− | C+ |
| Grand Blanc Township | #347 | B | C− | — | A− | B+ |
| Groveland Township | #273 | B | C | — | B+ | A− |
| Hadley Township | #308 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
Atlas Township, Grand Blanc Township, Groveland Township and Hadley Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Atlas Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Atlas Township grades B overall, better than 57% of U.S. towns and #343 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
