Buckeye Township, Michigan, 2021
Buckeye Township’s story
Buckeye Township in pictures
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2021 and 2 maps from 1969 on.
Explore the history →Buckeye TownshipMI
A town of 1,416.
Population
1,416
2025 Census estimate · +3.7% since 2020
Median home value
$140K
Census ACS
Household income
$53K
median
Median age
42.4
years
Jobs based here
66
A commuter town
Is Buckeye Township a good place to live?
The best of Buckeye Township’s subject grades are a B+ for civic life and a B for the outdoors; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Buckeye Township’s average trip to work is 37 minutes, above both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On incomes, just 47 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Gladwin School Nature Area, at 191 acres. Buckeye Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Buckeye Township stand out
Where Buckeye Township beats most towns.
Small town
1,416 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Nearby towns
Grout TownshipHay TownshipTobacco TownshipGladwinGladwin TownshipBuckeye Township
How Buckeye Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Buckeye Township is from typical.
WalkabilityEPA walkability 4.1 of 20; 13.3% of households have no car; 0% of workers walk, bike or ride transitD−Open →Jobs & income$53K median household incomeD−Open →HealthMymichigan Medical Center Gladwin 4.8 miles awayC−Open →Hazard riskFEMA risk higher than 20% of U.S. communities; inland flooding tops the listB+Open →Cost of livingBOpen →SchoolsBeat 56% of Michigan districts on tests and graduationBOpen →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors6% conserved landBOpen →HistoryC−Open →Civic life2.7 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsB+Open →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Buckeye Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Buckeye Township, and how to reach them.
PowerConsumers Energy20.7¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Buckeye Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsBeaverton Rural SchoolsGladwin Community Schools2 districts serve Buckeye Township; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereBuckeye Township ClerkThe town itself; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Nov 2025
ZIP codes48624, 4861248624 51% · 48612 49%Census 2020
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 Buckeye Township.
HealthC−
Residents of Buckeye Township are less healthy than 84% of U.S. towns
Buckeye Township beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 43% of Buckeye Township adults have high blood pressure, against 36% in Michigan’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 17% of Buckeye Township adults report frequent physical distress.
16%healthier than U.S. townsC−Health Grade
| Buckeye Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 36% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
32 measures vs. Michigan
1 better18 too close to call13 worse
| What stands out | Buckeye Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.6% | 77.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.3% | 10.2% |
Mymichigan Medical Center Gladwin
4.8 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B+
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Buckeye Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 2020, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Buckeye Township.
20risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes
3
paid flood claims since 2020
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D−
Buckeye Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Buckeye Township for work: only 1% work in town. 21% of residents live below the poverty line in Buckeye Township. Jobs based in Buckeye Township fell to 66 in 2021, 53 fewer than in 2011.
1%work in town
| Buckeye Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
Where working residents work
In Buckeye Township1%
Midland18%
Gladwin17%
Beaverton4%
Gladwin Township3%
24 mi
median commute distance
66
jobs based in Buckeye Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
D−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Climate
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Buckeye Township
Buckeye Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Buckeye Township is 82°F.
49″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter17–32°
Spring33–56°
Summer56–80°
Fall39–59°
Oct 4
typical first frost
May 9
typical last frost
+1.8°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
5.7%conserved
| Buckeye Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 5.7% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
5.7%
conserved · 1,242 of 21,963 acres
15 mi
of trails · 0.4 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. South Park | 0.7 mi | 124 |
| 2. Gladwin School Nature Area | 0.5 mi | 191 |
| 3. Gladwin State Game Area | 0.5 mi | 78 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Buckeye Township
18pages on Buckeye Township
The big questions
Out and about
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Buckeye Township; the nearest are
Mid Michigan CollegeCommunity college · Public · Harrison17.4 mi$6,132 in-state tuitionCentral Michigan UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Mount Pleasant29.8 mi$14,760 in-state tuition
About 1 of every 100 Buckeye Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
A commuter town
99% of working residents leave Buckeye Township for work
Where Buckeye Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
66jobs based in Buckeye Township
1%of working residents work in town
24 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2021
About Buckeye Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Buckeye Township is a civil township of Gladwin County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,360.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 745 ft
Questions about Buckeye Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Buckeye Township, MI expensive?
The typical home is worth about $140,000. That is 2.5 years of the area's median household income ($55,349 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.