Is Delta Township a good place to live?
Delta Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, ranked 250th of 697 in Michigan, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 71% of the state's. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $253K, 3.5 years of the Lansing metro’s $73K median household income. Delta Township is home to Great Lakes Christian College. 45% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Delta Township, against 26% in Michigan’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Delta Township is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns.
What makes Delta Township stand out
Where Delta Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 20,665 people come to Delta Township for work
Where Delta Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Delta Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Delta Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Delta Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Delta 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 Delta Township.
About one in seven working residents works right in Delta Township
22,831 jobs are based in Delta Township, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Delta Township for work: only 15% work in town. The average trip to work in Delta Township is 19 minutes. The top destinations are Lansing (29%), East Lansing (7%) and Meridian Township (3%).
| Delta Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 10% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Delta Township earns a B+ for schools
Two of its 15 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leon W Hayes Intermediate SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–6 | Grades 5–6 | 810 | – |
| Waverly Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 987 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Delta Township has set aside 5.9% of its land for conservation
25 miles of trail in 17 parks and preserves. Delta Township’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Woldumar Nature Center, 177 acres with 4.9 miles of trail.
| Delta Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.9% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Woldumar Nature Center | 4.9 mi | 177 |
| 2. Grand Woods Park | 3.2 mi | 146 |
| 3. Hawk Meadow Park | 2.5 mi | 102 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Delta Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 17 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Delta Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Delta Township are healthier than 66% of U.S. towns
Delta Township beats the Michigan average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 12% of adults smoke cigarettes in Delta Township.
| Delta Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Delta Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.3% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.2% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Delta Township
Delta Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Delta Township. Close and well known come first.
9 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
37 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
7 mi Zoo & aquariumPotter Park Zoo
6 mi MuseumR. E. Olds Transportation Museum
35 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic
9 mi GardenW. J. Beal Botanical GardenPhoto credits
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Potter Park Zoo: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · W. J. Beal Botanical Garden: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 2.5
Everything we know about Delta Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Delta Township
About 6 of every 100 Delta Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
Great Lakes Christian College calls Delta Township home
About Delta Township
Charter township in Michigan, United States
Delta Township (formally named the Charter Township of Delta) is a charter township in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 33,119 making it the most populous municipality in Eaton County. The township operates its own fire department, but contracts with the Eaton County Sheriff Department for police protection. The township is a major community in metropolitan Lansing.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1837
- Area
- 33 sq mi
- Elevation
- 860 ft
Delta Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Delta Township.
It grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Watertown Township (B+) comes closest. Lansing Township next door grades lower for schools (C− to Delta Township’s B+) and higher for cost of living (B to C).
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Township | #250 | B+ | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Lansing | #673 | D | B− | D− | C− | C |
| Oneida Township | #300 | B | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Watertown Township | #252 | B+ | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Windsor Township | #351 | B | B− | — | B− | B− |
| Lansing Township | #609 | C− | B | D− | C− | B |
Delta Township, Oneida Township, Watertown Township and Windsor Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Delta Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Delta Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Delta Township, MI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Delta Township grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #250 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools.
Is Delta 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 C.
What is Delta Township, MI known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Charles Henry Ingersoll and Robert H. Ingersoll.