Edenville TownshipMI
A town of 2,495, founded in 1854.
Is Edenville Township a good place to live?
Edenville Township’s best subject grade is an A− for the outdoors; its weakest is a C− for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 15 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. No town among the 702 in Michigan we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Edenville Township. Edenville Township’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile, above both the Michigan town median (0.3) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Verity Shores, at 110 acres with 1.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Edenville Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Edenville Township for work
Where Edenville Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Edenville Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Edenville Township is from typical.
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Moving to Edenville Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Edenville 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 Edenville Township.
Most of Edenville Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Edenville Township for work: only 0% work in town. Edenville Township’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, above both Michigan’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). 12% of Edenville Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Edenville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Edenville Township’s schools rank ahead of 68% of Michigan districts
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edenville SDA Elementary School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 2–8 | Grades 2–8 | 6 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Edenville Township stands out in Michigan and nationally, with the FEMA risk score higher than most
Edenville Township’s FEMA risk score is 73 of 100. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Edenville Township since 2020.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Older than Michigan overall
People 65 and older are 27% of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Edenville Township is 49.4 years. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Edenville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 49.4 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Edenville Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.2% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.8% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.6% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.1% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.4% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.4% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
Edenville Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Edenville Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 15° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 4.9% of Edenville Township
47 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit | 40.9 mi | 8,895 |
| 2. Verity Shores | 1.5 mi | 110 |
| 3. River Trails Heritage Park | — | 97 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Edenville Township ranks healthier than 51% of the country’s towns
Edenville Township beats the Michigan average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 29% of adults feel lonely in Edenville Township.
| Edenville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Edenville Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.4% | 11.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.3% | 15.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.7% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
USS Edson and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Edenville Township. Close and well known come first.
31 mi MuseumUSS Edson
14 mi GardenDow Gardens
14 mi GardenChippewa Nature Center
31 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum
34 mi TheatreTemple Theatre35 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration SquarePhoto credits
USS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chippewa Nature Center: Christian Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Temple Theatre: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Edenville Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Edenville Township
About 5 of every 100 Edenville Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Edenville Township
Unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
Edenville is a small unincorporated community in Edenville Township, Midland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is in the northeast corner of the township near the boundary with Gladwin County, but the settlement is mostly within Midland County. It is on M-30, about 15 miles northwest of Midland. Edenville is situated on the east side of the Tittabawassee River, opposite the point where the Tobacco River flows into the Tittabawassee. The Edenville Dam is less than a mile north and blocks the flow of both rivers to form Wixom Lake. The dam and Wixom Lake are almost entirely within Gladwin County. Settlement has extended northward from Edenville along M-30 and the Tobacco Riv…
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- Elevation
- 692 ft
- ZIP code
- 48620
Edenville Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Edenville Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edenville Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Jerome Township | #452 | C+ | B | — | B | B |
| Tobacco Township | #663 | D | B | — | C+ | C− |
| Warren Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
Edenville Township and Warren Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Edenville Township, Jerome Township, Tobacco Township and Warren Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Edenville Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Edenville Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Edenville 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 B.