Is Cheshire Township a good place to live?
The best of Cheshire Township’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for health. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Allegan State Game Area, at 201 acres. Cheshire Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Cheshire Township stand out
Where Cheshire Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Cheshire Township for work
Where Cheshire Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Cheshire Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Cheshire Township is from typical.
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Moving to Cheshire Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cheshire 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 Cheshire Township.
Health in Cheshire Township trails 85% of U.S. towns
17% of Cheshire Township adults report frequent physical distress, above both the Michigan town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). Among adults in the town, 19% smoke cigarettes.
| Cheshire Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Cheshire Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.1% | 10.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 9.5% | 6.9% |
| More smokers | 19.2% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Cheshire Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.2 jobs for each of them
Since 2011, Cheshire Township has added 94 jobs, to 134 in 2021. Only 3% of working residents stay in Cheshire Township for work; the rest commute out. The town’s mean commuting time stands at 34 minutes, above both Michigan’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Its middle household income comes in at $64,000.
| Cheshire Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Top of a low hazard risk in Cheshire Township: inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Cheshire Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 18°, with about 109 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.8% of the land in Cheshire Township is protected from building
Trails run 0.5 miles in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Allegan State Game Area | — | 201 |
| 2. Swan Creek Preserve | — | 21 |
| 3. Swan Lake Public Access | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Cheshire Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cheshire Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Cheshire Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Cheshire Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Cheshire Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,211 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 689 ft
Cheshire Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Cheshire Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Township | — | — | A− | — | C | D |
| Lee Township | #655 | D | A | — | C− | D− |
| Trowbridge Township | #495 | C+ | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Bloomingdale Township | #633 | D | B+ | — | C | D |
| Valley Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C |
Cheshire Township and Valley Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cheshire Township, Lee Township, Trowbridge Township, Bloomingdale Township and Valley Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cheshire Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Cheshire Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cheshire 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−.