Douglass TownshipMI
A town of 2,342.
Is Douglass Township a good place to live?
Douglass Township’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living and civic life; its weakest is a D for walkability. 34% of residents are 65 or older in Douglass Township, against 19% in Michigan’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. The median household income is $67K, and 13% of residents live below the poverty line. Douglass Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Douglass Township stand out
Where Douglass Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Douglass Township for work
Where Douglass Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Douglass Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Douglass Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Douglass Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Douglass 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 Douglass Township.
Health in Douglass Township trails 84% of U.S. towns
Douglass Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 43% of adults have obesity in Douglass Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 37% and U.S. towns at 35%. 17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Douglass Township.
| Douglass Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Douglass Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.5% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.8% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 18.6% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Douglass Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Douglass Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Douglass Township for work: only 1% work in town. The average trip to work in Douglass Township is 27 minutes. The top destinations are Greenville (8%), Grand Rapids (8%) and Stanton (5%).
| Douglass Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
In Douglass Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Douglass Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 14° and about 73 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.7% of Douglass Township is conserved land
3.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Douglass Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Douglass Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dickerson Lake Public Access | — | 3 |
| 2. Cllifford Lake Public Access | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Douglass Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Douglass Township
About 1 of every 100 Douglass Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Douglass Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Douglass Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,239 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 909 ft
Douglass Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Douglass Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglass Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Day Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | D |
| Pine Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C− |
| Stanton | — | — | A+ | A− | C+ | C− |
| Sidney Township | #602 | C− | A− | — | C+ | C− |
| Belvidere Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C− |
| Montcalm Township | #339 | B | A | — | A− | C |
Douglass Township, Day Township, Pine Township, Stanton and Belvidere Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Douglass Township, Day Township, Pine Township, Sidney Township, Belvidere Township and Montcalm Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Douglass Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Douglass Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Douglass 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−.