Fruitland TownshipMI
A town of 5,955, settled in 1871.
Is Fruitland Township a good place to live?
Fruitland Township grades C+ overall, 439th of 697 graded towns in Michigan, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Natural-hazard risk is low. On the other side, homes are expensive, about $299K for a typical one and 4.6 times the Muskegon metro’s $65K median household income. Fruitland Township’s age of the median resident is 52.3 years, where Michigan’s towns sit at 42.5 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Duck Lake State Park, at 734 acres with 5.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns.
What makes Fruitland Township stand out
Where Fruitland Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Fruitland Township for work
Where Fruitland Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Fruitland Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Fruitland Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Fruitland Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fruitland 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 Fruitland Township.
Fruitland Township has fewer 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Muskegon and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
5.2% of Fruitland Township is conserved land
Trails total 19 miles in 13 parks and preserves. Fruitland Township’s trail network density stands at 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Fruitland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.2% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Duck Creek Natural Area | 7.1 mi | 308 |
| 2. Duck Lake State Park | 5.2 mi | 734 |
| 3. Anderson Woods Nature Preserve | 1.8 mi | 74 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Fruitland Township beat 72% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Whitehall District Schools. 129 students attend Fruitland Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Lake Area Community EducationLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 129 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Top of a very low hazard risk in Fruitland Township: inland flooding
FEMA puts 73% of Fruitland Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 9% to strong winds. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in just over four fifths of U.S. communities. Since 1989, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For most of its workers, the job is outside Fruitland Township
Fruitland Township has 271 jobs for its 2,411 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Commuting out is the norm here: 2% of working residents work locally. Fruitland Township’s typical household income comes in at $91,000. Between 2011 and 2021, jobs locally rose by 66, to 271. Among residents here, 5.5% live below the poverty line.
| Fruitland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
A older population than Michigan as a whole
18% of Fruitland Township residents are under 18. People 65 and older are 30% of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (22% statewide). The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 31%, against 32% across Michigan. Since 2020, Fruitland Township has grown 3.1%, to 5,955 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Fruitland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 26% | 29% |
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 ±2.9 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Fruitland Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.8% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.5% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.7% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.4% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.9% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.5% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.9% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.1% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.2% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.6% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Fruitland Township’s year
The Montague 4 Nw weather station, 9 miles away, records that about 2 days a year reach 90°, fewer than in 96% of U.S. towns.
In Fruitland Township, the midsummer high is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fruitland Township is less healthy than 52% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,838 U.S. towns with household incomes like Fruitland Township’s, it is less healthy than 67%, so it trails even them.
Of 32 CDC measures, Fruitland Township beats the Michigan average on 7 and trails it on 2. The share of adults in Fruitland Township who have obesity: 41%. In Fruitland Township, 30% of adults feel lonely, and 27% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Fruitland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Fruitland Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.3% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.2% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Michigan's Adventure and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fruitland Township. Close and well known come first.
9 mi MuseumUSS LST-3939 mi Stadium & arenaMercy Health Arena
in town Theme parkWildWater Adventure
9 mi MuseumMuskegon Museum of Art5 mi MuseumMichigan Heritage ParkPhoto credits
USS LST-393: USN, Public domain · WildWater Adventure: Larry Pieniazek, CC BY 2.5 · Muskegon Museum of Art: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Fruitland Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Fruitland Township
About 4 of every 100 Fruitland Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Fruitland Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Fruitland Township is a civil township of Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,793 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 40 sq mi
- Elevation
- 630 ft
Fruitland Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Fruitland Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitland Township | #439 | C+ | C− | — | B+ | B− |
| White River Township | — | — | C | — | B+ | B− |
| Montague Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| Dalton Township | #476 | C+ | B− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Whitehall | #262 | B+ | B− | B | A− | C+ |
| Laketon Township | #348 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B− |
White River Township and Montague Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Fruitland Township, White River Township, Montague Township, Dalton Township and Laketon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fruitland Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Fruitland Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fruitland Township, MI a good place to live?
Fruitland Township grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #439 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Fruitland Township, MI expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.