Grant TownshipMI
The town, home to 1,239 people, lies in Michigan.
Is Grant Township a good place to live?
The best of Grant Township’s subject grades are an A− for schools and civic life; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 48 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Grant Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Grant Township stand out
Where Grant Township beats most towns.
Grant Township has grown 16% since 2010
1,066 counted in 2010 and 1,212 in 2020; an estimated 1,239 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Grant Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Grant Township is from typical.
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Moving to Grant Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grant 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 Grant Township.
Natural hazards: very low risk in Grant Township, mostly cold waves
The natural-hazard score from FEMA in Grant Township is 5 of 100. 57% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by inland flooding at 26%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 95% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Grant Township’s workers commute out
No town among the 702 in Michigan we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Grant Township. Jobs in Grant Township grew by 33 from 2011 to 2021, reaching 66. The town’s average commute is 27 minutes. The top destinations are Traverse City (26%), Garfield Township (14%) and Blair Township (4%).
| Grant Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.6% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Grant Township: snowy winters and pleasant summers
Grant Township’s typical July afternoon high stands at 80°F, where Michigan’s towns sit at 82°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Grant Township is less healthy than 63% of U.S. towns
15% of adults report frequent physical distress in Grant Township, near the Michigan town median (14%) and above the median of U.S. towns (14%). The share of adults in Grant Township who report frequent mental distress: 19%.
| Grant Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Grant Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 17.2% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Grant Township looks like Michigan by age
Here, 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 32% in Michigan as a whole. Every broad age group is within 4 points of the Michigan average. The median age for Grant Township comes to 45.4 years.
| Grant Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.4 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 138 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.7 points). Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Grant Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.2% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.5% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.6% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.9% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.9% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.4% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.9% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
Conserved land covers 3.6% of Grant Township
For Grant Township, the trail network density is 0.7 miles per square mile. In 2 parks and preserves, walkers have 25 miles of trail.
| Grant Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.6% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit | 16.8 mi | 3,148 |
| 2. The Dixon's Memorial Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Grant Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Grant Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Grant Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
1,239 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Grant Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Grant Township is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,212, a slight increase from 1,066 at the 2010 census. Grant Township is part of the Traverse City metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,152 ft
Questions about Grant Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grant Township, MI expensive?
The typical home is worth about $261,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.