Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Eagle Township grades A overall, 83rd of 697 graded towns in Michigan, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $92K and residents are healthier than 78% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 78% of the state's. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $328K for a typical one and 4.5 times the Lansing metro’s $73K median household income. 26% of residents are under 18 in Eagle Township, above both Michigan’s towns (21%) and U.S. towns (22%). The biggest park or preserve is Portland State Game Area, at 177 acres.
Where Eagle Township beats most towns.
Where Eagle Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Eagle Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 120 in 1880, a peak of 175 in 1970, 122 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers and 2 maps from 1945 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eagle 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Eagle Township.
14 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Eagle Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lincoln Brick Park | 1.7 mi | 36 |
| 2. Eagle Park Fairgrounds | 1.1 mi | 30 |
| 3. Portland State Game Area | 0.5 mi | 177 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Michigan is food insecurity: 9.2% of its 5,851 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide.
29% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Eagle Township.
| Eagle Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Eagle Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.5% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Eagle Township for work: only 3% work in town. 3.6% of Eagle Township residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Eagle Township grew to 500 in 2021, 207 more than in 2011.
| Eagle Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Eagle Township’s median rent is $1,425 a month. The typical Eagle Township home is worth about $328,000, up 2.6% in a year, 24% above the Michigan typical home.
| Eagle Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 95% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,425 a month | $1,045 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Eagle Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median age in Eagle Township is 37 years. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Eagle Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 19% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Eagle Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.6% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.7% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.7% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 34.5% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.8% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.1% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.1% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,800, single groups can be off by several points
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Eagle Township. Close and well known come first.
29 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
17 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
15 mi Zoo & aquariumPotter Park Zoo
13 mi MuseumR. E. Olds Transportation Museum
39 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic
16 mi GardenW. J. Beal Botanical GardenNorth Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
3 within 15 miles of the center of Eagle Township
About 7 of every 100 Eagle Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
Village in Michigan, United States
Eagle is a village in southwest Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 122 at the 2020 census. The village is within Eagle Township in the southwest corner of the county. It is near Interstate 96 about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Lansing. Eagle is the third-least populated village in the state after Forestville (104) and Turner (121). With a land area of only 0.125 square miles (0.324 km2), Eagle is the fourth-smallest overall municipality in the state by land area after Ahmeek, Copper City, and Novi Township.
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6 towns share a border with Eagle Township.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Grand Ledge (A) comes closest.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Township | #83 | A | C+ | — | A− | A− |
| Grand Ledge | #100 | A | B− | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Watertown Township | #252 | B+ | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Wacousta | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Danby Township | #216 | B+ | A− | — | B | B |
| Oneida Township | #300 | B | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Westphalia Township | — | — | A− | — | A | A− |
Westphalia Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Eagle Township, Watertown Township, Danby Township, Oneida Township and Westphalia Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Wacousta isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Eagle Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Eagle Township grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #83 of 697 in Michigan. It grades A− for health and A− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
