Cedar Creek TownshipMI
1,864 people live in this town in Michigan.
Is Cedar Creek Township a good place to live?
The best of Cedar Creek Township’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living and the outdoors; the weakest is a C− for health. Only 124 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on hazard risk. 29% of residents are under 18 in Cedar Creek Township, above both Michigan’s towns (21%) and U.S. towns (22%). Cedar Creek Township’s density of trails is 1.3 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in Michigan’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Cedar Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Cedar Creek Township stand out
Where Cedar Creek Township beats most towns.
97% 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.
Natural hazards: very low risk in Cedar Creek Township, mostly inland flooding
FEMA puts 45% of Cedar Creek Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 29% to cold waves. The natural-hazard score from FEMA here is 10 of 100. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Health in Cedar Creek Township trails 83% of U.S. towns
The share of adults in Cedar Creek Township who smoke cigarettes: 20%. Among adults here, 20% report frequent mental distress and 17% report frequent physical distress.
| Cedar Creek Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Cedar Creek Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.3% | 10.2% |
| More smokers | 19.5% | 14.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With only 0.2 jobs per working resident, most people in Cedar Creek Township work out of town
For Cedar Creek Township, the average commute is 32 minutes. Employers in Cedar Creek Township added 79 jobs between 2011 and 2021, to 92. Half commute less than 18 miles. The top destinations are Cadillac (18%), Manton (9%) and Traverse City (8%).
| Cedar Creek Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Cedar Creek Township
The July high for Cedar Creek Township comes to 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cedar Creek Township keeps 10.3% of its land conserved
Trails total 43 miles in 1 park or preserve. Cedar Creek Township has one park or preserve, 2,255 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pere Marquette State Forest - Cadillac Unit | 31.3 mi | 2,255 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Cedar Creek Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cedar Creek Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Cedar Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Cedar Creek Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Cedar Creek Township is a civil township of Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,855 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 34 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,283 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 | — | — | A− | — | B | C− |
| Manton | — | — | A− | A− | B | C− |
| Liberty Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Caldwell Township | — | — | B− | — | B | C− |
| Colfax Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haring Township | #302 | B | B+ | — | B+ | C |
Cedar Creek Township, Manton and Caldwell Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cedar Creek Township, Caldwell Township and Haring Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Liberty Township and Colfax Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). 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?
1,864 people live in this town in Michigan.
Is Cedar Creek 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 A−.