Echo TownshipMI
A town of 1,009, settled in 1877. 2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Echo Township a good place to live?
The best of Echo Township’s subject grades is an A+ for civic life; the weakest is a C for incomes. Only 106 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on hazard risk. Echo Township’s July high is 80°F, below both the Michigan town median (82°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F). Only 82 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns score higher on civic life. The biggest place to walk is Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit, 1,224 acres with 1.1 miles of trail. Echo Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Echo Township stand out
Where Echo Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
1,009 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Echo Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Echo Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Echo Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Echo 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 Echo Township.
Cold waves leads a very low hazard risk in Echo Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Echo Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Echo Township for work: only 0% work in town. Since 2011, Echo Township has lost 22 jobs, to 42 in 2021. At 27 minutes, Echo Township’s average trip to work is against 25 minutes in Michigan’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
| Echo Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.6% | 10% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Echo Township
Echo Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The January low in Echo Township is 14°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Michigan overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). Echo Township has grown 6.2% since 2020, to 1,009 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Echo Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.6 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.2 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Echo Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.1% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.9% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.5% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.5% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.1% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.9% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,000, single groups can be off by several points
| Echo Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.3% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit | 1.1 mi | 1,224 |
| 2. Cosner & Bennett-Barnes Nature Preserve | 0.5 mi | 132 |
| 3. Bauer Nature Preserve | 0.1 mi | 296 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Residents of Echo Township are less healthy than 50% of U.S. towns
Echo Township beats the Michigan average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 30% of Echo Township adults feel lonely.
| Echo Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 80% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Echo Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9% | 11.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.7% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.4% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Echo Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Echo Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Echo Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
100% of working residents leave Echo Township for work
Where Echo Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Echo Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Echo Township is a civil township of Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Echo Township is located in Michigan with a population of 943. Echo Township is in Antrim County. Living in Echo Township offers residents a suburban rural mix feel and most residents own their homes. Many families and retirees live in Echo Township and residents tend to be conservative. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 952. As of the 2023 census, there were 943 people residing in the township. The median age was 46.6 years and the median income $37,938.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 961 ft
Questions about Echo Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Echo Township, MI a good place to live?
2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Echo Township, MI expensive?
The typical home is worth about $236,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.