Cedar Creek TownshipMI
A town of 3,365.
Is Cedar Creek Township a good place to live?
Cedar Creek Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 617th of 697 graded towns in Michigan, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is cost of living: homes are within reach, about $225K for a typical one, or 3.5 years of the Muskegon metro’s $65K median household income. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 72% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. 25% of the land in Cedar Creek Township is conserved, above both the Michigan town median (4.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Muskegon State Game Area, 1,682 acres with 2.1 miles of trail.
What makes Cedar Creek Township stand out
Where Cedar Creek Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Cedar Creek Township for work
Where Cedar Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Cedar Creek Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Cedar Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Cedar Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cedar Creek 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 Cedar Creek Township.
Cedar Creek Township gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Muskegon and beyond.
Nearly a quarter of Cedar Creek Township is conserved land
43 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. At 1.2 miles per square mile, Cedar Creek Township’s trail density is above both Michigan’s towns (0.3) and U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Muskegon State Game Area | 2.1 mi | 1,682 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Cedar Creek Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Cedar Creek Township since 2026.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Cedar Creek Township
Cedar Creek Township has 93 jobs for its 1,226 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Cedar Creek Township for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Muskegon (16%), Norton Shores (6%) and Grand Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
| Cedar Creek Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Cedar Creek Township earns a C for health
43% of Cedar Creek Township adults have obesity. Cedar Creek Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 29% of Cedar Creek Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Cedar Creek Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Cedar Creek Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 17.8% | 14.6% |
| More adults with obesity | 43.4% | 36.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cedar Creek Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
The Muskegon Co Ap weather station, 14 miles away, records that 87 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 96% of U.S. towns.
Cedar Creek Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 17°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Michigan's Adventure and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cedar Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
34 mi MuseumGerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
39 mi MuseumJim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
38 mi National forestManistee National Forest
36 mi MuseumFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
11 mi MuseumUSS LST-393Photo credits
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: Staff of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Public domain · Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia: Jim Crow Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Manistee National Forest: RomanKahler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: User Jeffness on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · USS LST-393: USN, Public domain
Everything we know about Cedar Creek Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cedar Creek Township
About 4 of every 100 Cedar Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Cedar Creek Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Cedar Creek Township is a civil township of Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,192 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 673 ft
Cedar Creek Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Cedar Creek Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek Township | #617 | C− | B− | — | C | C |
| Holton Township | #588 | C− | B+ | — | C | C− |
| Dalton Township | #476 | C+ | B− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Bridgeton Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | C+ |
| Egelston Township | #634 | D | B+ | — | C+ | D |
| Muskegon Township | #638 | D | B | C | C+ | C− |
Bridgeton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Cedar Creek Township, Holton Township, Dalton Township, Bridgeton Township and Egelston Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cedar Creek Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Cedar Creek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cedar Creek Township, MI a good place to live?
Cedar Creek Township grades C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns and #617 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Cedar Creek Township, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.