Fruitport TownshipMI
A town of 15,666, founded in 1868.
Is Fruitport Township a good place to live?
Fruitport Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, ranked 509th of 697 in Michigan, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $85K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 60% of the state's. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 72% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $340K, 5.2 years of the Muskegon metro’s $65K median household income. On civic life, just 44 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns do worse. Fruitport Township’s property crime rate is 22.7 per 1,000 residents, above both Michigan’s towns (7.8) and U.S. towns (9.9). On history, just 127 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse.
What makes Fruitport Township stand out
Where Fruitport Township beats most towns.
93% of working residents leave Fruitport Township for work
Where Fruitport Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Fruitport Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Fruitport Township is from typical.
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Moving to Fruitport Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fruitport 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 Fruitport Township.
Fruitport Township gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
Fruitport Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fruitport Township earns a B for schools
Its public schools are run by the Fruitport Community Schools. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Fruitport High School, with 812 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitport Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 615 | C+ |
| Fruitport High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 812 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Most of Fruitport Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here grew from 2,319 in 2011 to 3,327.
Most working residents leave Fruitport Township for work: only 7% work in town. Since 2011, Fruitport Township has added 1,008 jobs, to 3,327 in 2021. Fruitport Township’s average trip to work is 21 minutes.
| Fruitport Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 8.2% | 10% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Fruitport Township earns a C for health
43% of Fruitport Township adults have obesity. Fruitport Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 27% of Fruitport Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Fruitport Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Fruitport Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.8% | 10.2% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.3% | 8.7% |
| More adults with obesity | 42.8% | 36.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fruitport Township earns a C+ for cost of living
Typical home values rose 6.2% in the year to September 2026. 89% of households own their home in Fruitport Township.
| Fruitport Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,217 a month | $1,045 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Conserved land covers 1.4% of Fruitport Township
7.0 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Rycenga Park, 92 acres with 1.5 miles of trail.
| Fruitport Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rycenga Park | 1.5 mi | 92 |
| 2. Pomona Park | 0.3 mi | 12 |
| 3. MCD Hunting Parcel 9 | — | 79 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Fruitport Township
The Muskegon Co Ap weather station, 5 miles away, records that 87 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 96% of U.S. towns.
Fruitport Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Fruitport Township is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Crime reported in Fruitport Township
Fruitport Township's reported crime rate is above Michigan's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 23 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Fewer young adults than Michigan overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide). Fruitport Township has grown 7.5% since 2020, to 15,666 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Fruitport Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.8 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 26% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Fruitport Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.6% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.7% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.1% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.9% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.3% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 27% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.9% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.8% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.2% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Michigan's Adventure and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fruitport Township. Close and well known come first.
27 mi MuseumGerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
30 mi MuseumFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
8 mi MuseumUSS LST-3938 mi Stadium & arenaMercy Health Arena27 mi TheatreAcrisure AmphitheaterPhoto credits
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: Staff of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Public domain · Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: User Jeffness on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · USS LST-393: USN, Public domain
Everything we know about Fruitport Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Fruitport Township
About 4 of every 100 Fruitport Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Fruitport Township
Village in Michigan, United States
Fruitport is a village in Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,103 at the 2020 census. The community is located within Fruitport Charter Township. Water and sewer utilities are provided by Fruitport Charter Township.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 627 ft
- ZIP code
- 49415
Fruitport Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Fruitport Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitport Township | #509 | C+ | C+ | — | B | C |
| Sullivan Township | #562 | C | C | — | B | B− |
| Norton Shores | #486 | C+ | C− | C | B+ | B |
| Spring Lake Township | #107 | A | C | — | A | A− |
| Crockery Township | #25 | A+ | A− | — | A | B+ |
| Muskegon Township | #638 | D | B | C | C+ | C− |
| Muskegon | #661 | D | B | — | C− | D− |
Fruitport Township, Sullivan Township, Spring Lake Township, Crockery Township and Muskegon report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fruitport Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Fruitport Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fruitport Township, MI a good place to live?
Fruitport Township grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #509 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C for health and B for schools.
Is Fruitport 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 C+.