Barry TownshipMI
A town of 3,502.
Is Barry Township a good place to live?
Barry Township is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, 45th among Michigan's 697 graded towns. Its schools rank ahead of 78% of Michigan towns and natural-hazard risk is low. Its lowest mark, a B, is in health. 96% of households own their home in Barry Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 84% and U.S. towns at 73%. Barry Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 85% of U.S. towns. Homes are within reach, about $344K for a typical one, or 4.2 years of the Grand Rapids metro’s $83K median household income.
What makes Barry Township stand out
Where Barry Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Delton Kellogg Elem School | PK–4 | 405 |
| DeltonKellogg Middle School | 5–8 | 293 |
| DeltonKellogg High School | 9–12 | 332 |
94% of working residents leave Barry Township for work
Where Barry Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Barry Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Barry Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Barry Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Barry 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 Barry Township.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Barry Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Barry Township since 2020.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Barry Township’s grade for schools is an A−
Its A− for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $344K.
Its public schools are run by the Delton Kellogg Schools. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is DeltonKellogg High School, with 332 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delton Kellogg Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 405 | C− |
| DeltonKellogg High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 332 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Barry Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Barry Township for work: only 6% work in town. Barry Township’s average trip to work is 28 minutes. Since 2011, Barry Township has added 70 jobs, to 615 in 2021.
| Barry Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
In Barry Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Barry Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 65 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Barry Township ranks healthier than 65% of the country’s towns
Barry Township beats the Michigan average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 30% of Barry Township adults feel lonely.
| Barry Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Barry Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.4% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.9% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.2% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More middle-aged adults than Michigan overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (38% statewide). 40% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Barry Township. Barry Township has grown 2.5% since 2020, to 3,502 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Barry Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 26% | 29% |
| Median age | 45.2 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.2 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Barry Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.6% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.8% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.7% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.3% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.5% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.4% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.7% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.9% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.6% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.3% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,500, single groups can be off by several points
Conserved land covers 0.5% of Barry Township
2.5 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Barry Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Barry Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cadwallader Park | — | 6 |
| 2. Barry Townhip Park | 0.1 mi | 5 |
| 3. Woodlawn Preserve | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Air Zoo and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Barry Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
38 mi MuseumGerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
32 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
in town MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year
37 mi MuseumFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park37 mi TheatreAcrisure AmphitheaterPhoto credits
Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: Staff of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Public domain · North Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: User Jeffness on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5
Everything we know about Barry Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Barry Township
About 6 of every 100 Barry Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Barry Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Barry Township is a civil township of Barry County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,417.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 932 ft
Barry Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Barry Township.
At #45 in MI, it grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Ross Township (A) comes closest.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Township | #45 | A | B+ | — | A− | B |
| Prairieville Township | #362 | B− | C | — | A− | B |
| Hope Township | #131 | A− | A | — | B | B− |
| Johnstown Township | #355 | B− | B+ | — | B | C |
| Delton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ross Township | #78 | A | B | — | A− | A− |
Barry Township, Prairieville Township, Hope Township, Johnstown Township and Ross Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Delton isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Barry Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Barry Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Barry Township, MI a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Barry Township grades A overall, better than 93% of U.S. towns and #45 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B for health and A− for schools.
Is Barry 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+.