Briley TownshipMI
A town of 1,828.
Is Briley Township a good place to live?
The best of Briley Township’s subject grades are an A+ for the outdoors and civic life; the weakest is a D− for incomes. 21% of residents live below the poverty line in Briley Township, against 8.9% in Michigan’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. On incomes, just 12 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. 46% of the land in Briley Township is conserved, above both the Michigan town median (4.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Mackinac State Forest - Atlanta Unit, 20,021 acres with 95.3 miles of trail. Only 8 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on the outdoors. Briley Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Briley Township stand out
Where Briley Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
126 miles of trails in Briley Township
45.8% of the town is conserved land, across 8 parks and preserves.
How Briley Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Briley Township is from typical.
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Moving to Briley Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Briley 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 Briley Township.
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Briley Township
126 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. Briley Township’s trail density is 1.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mackinac State Forest - Atlanta Unit | 95.3 mi | 20,021 |
| 2. Briley Township Recreation Area | 0.9 mi | 159 |
| 3. Davis Field | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Briley Township fall behind 69% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Atlanta Community Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Community SchoolsLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 247 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Briley Township stands out in Michigan and nationally: a larger share of its adults have high blood pressure
47% of Briley Township adults have high blood pressure. Briley Township beats the Michigan average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 17% of Briley Township adults have diabetes.
| Briley Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 36% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Briley Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.5% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.5% | 11.9% |
| More adults with heart disease | 11.7% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Briley Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 68% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Briley Township
Briley Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Briley Township is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Briley Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.8 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Briley Township for work: only 13% work in town. Since 2011, Briley Township has added 23 jobs, to 394 in 2021. The top destinations are Gaylord (8%), Albert Township (7%) and Greenwood Township (3%).
| Briley Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $43,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Everything we know about Briley Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Briley Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Briley Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Briley Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Briley Township is a civil township and county seat of central Montmorency County, Michigan, United States. At the 2020 census, the township population was 1,697.
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- Area
- 70 sq mi
Briley Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Briley Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briley Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | C− |
| Vienna Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hillman Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | D |
| Montmorency Township | — | — | B− | — | C | D |
| Albert Township | #666 | D | C+ | — | B− | C− |
| Avery Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Briley Township, Hillman Township and Montmorency Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Briley Township, Hillman Township, Montmorency Township and Albert Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Vienna Township and Avery Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Briley Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Briley Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Briley 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+.