Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Brownstown Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 326th of 697 graded towns in Michigan, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $95K. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $301K, 3.9 years of the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income. Only 49 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns score lower on civic life. The biggest place to walk is Lake Erie Metropark, 1,313 acres with 11 miles of trail.
Where Brownstown Township beats most towns.
Where Brownstown 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 Brownstown Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1930 and 6 maps from 1906 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brownstown Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaMichigan Stadium
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaFord Field
17 mi Stadium & arenaComerica Park
10 mi MuseumThe Henry Ford1.8M visitors a year
17 mi TheatreFox Theatre
37 mi LakeLake Saint ClairMichigan Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ford Field: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Comerica Park: City of Detroit, Public domain · The Henry Ford: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fox Theatre: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Saint Clair: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brownstown 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 Brownstown Township.
Brownstown Township owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
In the comparison, Brownstown Township comes above both Michigan’s towns (4.4%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). 18 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves.
| Brownstown Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.8% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake Erie Metropark | 11 mi | 1,313 |
| 2. Thorn Park | 0.8 mi | 28 |
| 3. Pointe Mouillee State Game Area | 0.4 mi | 212 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Woodhaven-Brownstown School District. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Woodhaven High School, with 1,629 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownstown Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 872 | B− |
| Woodhaven High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,629 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 65 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brownstown Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 4,461 in 2011 to 6,636.
Most working residents leave Brownstown Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2011, Brownstown Township has added 2,175 jobs, to 6,636 in 2021. The top destinations are Detroit (12%), Dearborn (9%) and Taylor (5%).
| Brownstown Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $95,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Brownstown Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 54 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Brownstown Township’s property crime rate is 5.3 per 1,000 residents, against 8 in Michigan’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns.
| Brownstown Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.3 per 1,000 residents | 8 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Brownstown Township home is worth about $301,000, up 3.7% in a year, 14% above the Michigan typical home.
| Brownstown Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 79% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,196 a month | $1,045 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Against the 9,237 U.S. towns with household incomes like Brownstown Township’s, it is less healthy than 57%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Brownstown Township beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 38% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Brownstown Township.
| Brownstown Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Brownstown Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with obesity | 32.5% | 36.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Michigan average. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan. 23% of Brownstown Township residents are under 18.
| Brownstown Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 23% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 26% | 29% |
53% women, 47% men
About 91 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.6 points). Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 42.8, men 40.6.
| Brownstown Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.8% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.6% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.2% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.1% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.8% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.6% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
2 within 15 miles of the center of Brownstown Township
About 7 of every 100 Brownstown Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
Charter township in Michigan, United States
Brownstown Charter Township is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Its population was 33,194 at the 2020 census. Brownstown was established in 1827, a decade prior to Michigan's admission to the Union. Brownstown has three separate but connected segments due to the incorporation of the cities of Flat Rock, Rockwood, and Woodhaven in the early 1960s.
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9 towns share a border with Brownstown Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownstown Township | #326 | B | C | B | B+ | B |
| Berlin Township | #555 | C | C+ | — | B | C |
| Gibraltar | #140 | A− | B− | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Grosse Ile Township | #129 | A− | C− | — | A | A |
| Woodhaven | #370 | B− | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Flat Rock | #414 | B− | B− | B− | B− | B− |
| Riverview | #188 | A− | C+ | B− | B+ | B |
| Huron Township | #449 | C+ | C− | B− | A− | B− |
Berlin Township, Grosse Ile Township and Woodhaven report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Brownstown Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Brownstown Township grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #326 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B for health, B for safety and B+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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