Eureka TownshipMI
A town of 4,354.
Is Eureka Township a good place to live?
Eureka Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $236K, 2.9 years of the Grand Rapids metro’s $83K median household income. It grades A overall, ranked 110th of 697 in Michigan. On the plus side, the median household earns $77K. 22% of the land in Eureka Township is conserved, against 4.4% in Michigan’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Flat River State Game Area, 4,090 acres with 6.2 miles of trail.
What makes Eureka Township stand out
Where Eureka Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Eureka Township for work
Where Eureka Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Eureka Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Eureka Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Eureka Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Eureka Township, and how to reach them.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Eureka Township.
Eureka Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and has added half again as many jobs in ten years.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Eureka Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. Since 1986, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Eureka Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Eureka Township beat 78% of Michigan districts
Its A− for schools comes with an A for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $236K.
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat River AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 160 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Flat River State Game Area | 6.2 mi | 4,090 |
| 2. Shearer Road Mountain Bike Area | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Eureka Township’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 663 in 2011 to 1,034.
Most working residents leave Eureka Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Eureka Township grew to 1,034 in 2021, 371 more than in 2011. 5.7% of Eureka Township residents live below the poverty line, below both Michigan’s towns (8.9%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Eureka Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Residents of Eureka Township are less healthy than 71% of U.S. towns
Eureka Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Eureka Township.
| Eureka Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Eureka Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.1% | 10.2% |
| More smokers | 17.5% | 14.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.3% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Eureka Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Eureka Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 15° and about 73 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Eureka Township earns an A for cost of living
Homes are within reach (A for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 22 miles.
90% of Eureka Township households own their home.
| Eureka Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $842 a month | $1,047 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Eureka Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Eureka Township
About 3 of every 100 Eureka Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Eureka Township
Charter township in Michigan, United States
Eureka Township is a charter township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,211 at the 2020 census, up from 3,959 in 2010. The township surrounds the city of Greenville, a separate municipality, and the Greenville post office, with ZIP code 48838, serves all of Eureka Township. Eureka Township was established in 1850.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 801 ft
Eureka Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Eureka Township.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Oakfield Township (B+) comes closest.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Township | #110 | A | A | — | A− | C |
| Greenville | #413 | B− | A− | C− | A− | C |
| Montcalm Township | #339 | B | A | — | A− | C |
| Fairplain Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| Oakfield Township | #239 | B+ | B− | — | A− | B− |
| Otisco Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Sidney Township | #602 | C− | A− | — | C+ | C− |
Fairplain Township and Otisco Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Eureka Township, Montcalm Township, Fairplain Township, Oakfield Township, Otisco Township and Sidney Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Eureka Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Eureka Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Eureka Township, MI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Eureka Township grades A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns and #110 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C for health and A− for schools.
Is Eureka Township, MI expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $236,000, 10% below the Michigan typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.