Elm HallMI
This town of 228 people was settled in 1857.
Is Elm Hall a good place to live?
Elm Hall’s typical journey to work is 63 minutes, above both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Of the 702 Michigan towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Elm Hall. Elm Hall has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Elm Hall.
Compared with most of Michigan and the rest of the country, more of Elm Hall’s residents live below the poverty line
Employers in Elm Hall added 34 jobs between 2011 and 2021, to 35. Most working residents leave Elm Hall for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Alma (15%), Mount Pleasant (10%) and St. Louis (5%). Half of commuters travel less than 18 miles.
| Elm Hall | Typical Michigan town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 59% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Elm Hall
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 15°, with about 39 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: high risk in Elm Hall, mostly inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Elm Hall, 57% come from inland flooding and 15% from tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in just over three fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Elm Hall is
In Elm Hall, nearly a quarter of adults say their health is fair or poor. 16% of adults report frequent physical distress locally.
| Elm Hall | Typical Michigan town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Elm Hall | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.9% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 8.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 9% | 6.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Elm Hall keeps 7.7% of its land conserved
Walkers in Elm Hall have a park or preserve of 2 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Elm Hall Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Elm Hall
Moving to Elm Hall: who provides what
Elm Hall is unincorporated, so Gratiot County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
99% of working residents leave Elm Hall for work
Where Elm Hall’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Elm Hall
About 0 of every 100 Elm Hall residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
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