Grant TownshipNewaygo County, MI
A town of 3,406, settled in 1893.
Is Grant Township a good place to live?
Grant Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $267K, 4.2 years of the county’s $63K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 451st of 697 in Michigan. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. On the outdoors, just 126 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 81% of U.S. towns. 15% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Grant Township, below both Michigan’s towns (26%) and U.S. towns (29%).
What makes Grant Township stand out
Where Grant Township beats most towns.
97% 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 trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and sends most of its workers to Grand Rapids and beyond.
Very low risk in Grant Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities. Since 2018, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Grant Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Grant Township’s schools trail 52% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Grant Public School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 445 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Grant Township
Grant Township has 355 jobs for its 1,378 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Grant Township for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2011, Grant Township has added 108 jobs, to 355 in 2021. Grant Township’s average trip to work is 29 minutes.
| Grant Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $74,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Grant Township has set aside 1% of its land for conservation
10 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Grant Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Grant Township
Grant Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 48 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Grant Township are less healthy than 60% of U.S. towns
Grant Township tracks Michigan closely on all 32 CDC measures. 18% of Grant Township adults binge drink.
| Grant Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For cost of living, Grant Township earns a B+
Homes are within reach (about $267K for the typical one, B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 25 miles.
The median rent in Grant Township is $713 a month. Typical home values rose 7.8% in the year to September 2026. 87% of households own their home in Grant Township.
| Grant Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $713 a month | $1,047 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 87% | 84% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Grant Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Grant Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Grant Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Grant Township
City in Michigan, United States
Grant is a city in Newaygo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 952 at the 2020 census. The city is adjacent to Grant Township and Ashland Township. It is part of the Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, Michigan combined statistical area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1893
- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 837 ft
- ZIP code
- 49327
- Area code
- 231
Grant Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Grant Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Township · Grant | #451 | C+ | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Ashland Township | #374 | B− | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Brooks Township | #620 | C− | C+ | — | B− | C |
| Ensley Township | #256 | B+ | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Tyrone Township | #365 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
Grant Township, Ashland Township, Brooks Township, Ensley Township and Tyrone Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Grant and Grant Township are one community, graded once. Compare Grant Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Grant Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grant Township, MI a good place to live?
Grant Township grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #451 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
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+.