Day TownshipMI
A town of 1,182.
Is Day Township a good place to live?
The best of Day Township’s subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A for civic life; the weakest is a D for incomes. Only 2 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on cost of living. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Only 107 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on hazard risk. The biggest park or preserve is Vestaburg State Game Area, at 162 acres. Day Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Day Township stand out
Where Day Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
1,182 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Day Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Day Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Day Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Day 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 Day Township.
Day Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 94% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Day Township are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns
Day Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 43% of Day Township adults have obesity, above both the Michigan town median (37%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 19% of Day Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Day Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Day Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.8% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 18.9% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Day Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Day Township for work: only 1% work in town. 16% of Day Township residents live below the poverty line, above both Michigan’s towns (8.9%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2011, Day Township has lost 33 jobs, to 76 in 2021.
| Day Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 5.7% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Day Township
Day Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Day Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Day Township has set aside 1.2% of its land for conservation
2.4 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Day Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Day Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Vestaburg State Game Area | — | 162 |
| 2. McBride Village Park | — | 16 |
| 3. Krum Park | — | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Day Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Day Township
About 5 of every 100 Day Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
99% of working residents leave Day Township for work
Where Day Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Day Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Day Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,141. The Mid Michigan Motorplex, formerly known as the Central Michigan Dragway, is located within the township.[1]
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 961 ft
Questions about Day Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Day 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+.