Grant TownshipMI
A town of 1,536.
Is Grant Township a good place to live?
The best of Grant Township’s subject grades are a B+ for the outdoors and schools; the weakest is a D for incomes. On incomes, just 70 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. Only 101 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on hazard risk. 14% of the land in Grant Township is conserved, where Michigan’s towns sit at 4.4% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest place to walk is Huron National Forest, 3,054 acres with 7 miles of trail. 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.
99% of working residents leave Grant Township for work
Where Grant Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Grant Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Grant Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
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.
Grant Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 95% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A larger share of adults in Grant Township have high blood pressure than in the typical Michigan or U.S. town
46% of Grant Township adults have high blood pressure, above both Michigan’s towns (36%) and U.S. towns (35%). 16% of Grant Township adults have diabetes. Grant Township beats the Michigan average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13.
| Grant Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 36% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 12% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Grant Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10% | 11.9% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.5% | 77.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 11% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Grant Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Grant Township for work: only 1% work in town. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in Grant Township. Jobs based in Grant Township grew to 88 in 2021, 65 more than in 2011.
| Grant Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Grant Township
Grant Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Grant Township is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Huron National Forest | 7 mi | 3,054 |
| 2. Sand Lake Recreation Area | — | 19 |
| 3. Floyd Lake Boating Access Site | — | 2 |
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 5 of every 100 Grant Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Grant Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Grant Township is a civil township of Iosco County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census the township population was 1,528. A portion of the census-designated place of Sand Lake lies within the township.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 748 ft
Grant Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Grant Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Tawas Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | C |
| Sherman Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Reno Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plainfield Township | #558 | C | B− | — | B+ | D |
| Sand Lake | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Grant Township and Tawas Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Grant Township, Tawas Township and Plainfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Sherman Township, Reno Township and Sand Lake aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Grant Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Grant Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grant Township, MI expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.