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Bellevue Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $171K for a typical one, or 2.4 years of the Lansing metro’s $73K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 481st of 697 graded towns in Michigan. Bellevue Township’s average trip to work is 38 minutes, against 25 minutes in Michigan’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. On history, just 114 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 81% of U.S. towns.
Where Bellevue Township beats most towns.
Where Bellevue 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 Bellevue Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Its founding year, 1812, comes before those of 98% of the Michigan towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 608 in 1870, 1,308 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1852 and 6 maps from 1918 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bellevue 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 Bellevue Township.
Bellevue Township has 273 jobs for its 1,063 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 37.9 minutes, against 24.2 across Michigan.
Most working residents leave Bellevue Township for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (12%), Lansing (10%) and Marshall (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.
| Bellevue Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Bellevue Community Schools. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 226 | C− |
| Bellevue JrSr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 281 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Bellevue Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bellevue Township beats the Michigan average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Bellevue Township.
| Bellevue Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Bellevue Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.1% | 8.7% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.9% | 15.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.5 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Keehne Nature Preserve and Park, at 20 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Keehne Nature Preserve and Park | 0.4 mi | 20 |
| 2. Jefferson Park | — | 2 |
| 3. Butler Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bellevue Township. Close and well known come first.
36 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
32 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
33 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
14 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic
21 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year17 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park ZooNorth Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Bellevue Township
About 4 of every 100 Bellevue Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Village in Michigan, United States
Bellevue is a village in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,308 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Bellevue Township.
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4 towns share a border with Bellevue Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Township | #481 | C+ | A− | — | C | C+ |
| Walton Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | B |
| Assyria Township | — | — | A− | — | C | C+ |
| Kalamo Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | C |
| Convis Township | — | — | B | — | B | C+ |
Walton Township, Assyria Township, Kalamo Township and Convis Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bellevue Township, Walton Township, Assyria Township, Kalamo Township and Convis Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bellevue Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bellevue Township grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #481 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C+ for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
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 A−.
