Grattan TownshipMI
A town of 3,896, settled in 1849.
Is Grattan Township a good place to live?
Grattan Township's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades B+, 231st among Michigan's 697 graded towns. Its schools rank ahead of 85% of Michigan towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Only 10 of the 701 Michigan towns we compare have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Grattan Township.
What makes Grattan Township stand out
Where Grattan Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Grattan Township for work
Where Grattan Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Grattan Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Grattan Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 12%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Grattan Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grattan 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 Grattan Township.
Grattan Township sends most of its workers to Grand Rapids and beyond, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has household incomes well above the Michigan norm.
Very low risk in Grattan Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More middle-aged adults than Michigan overall
The median household earns $111,354, against $72,875 across Michigan, one input to its B+ for jobs and income.
Adults 35 to 64 are 52% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide). 17% of residents are under 18 in Grattan Township, against 21% in Michigan’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Grattan Township’s median age is 46.5 years.
| Grattan Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 46.5 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Grattan Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 19.4% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.4% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.4% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 30.3% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.8% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.1% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.8% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,900, single groups can be off by several points
Most working residents commute out of Grattan Township
Grattan Township has 213 jobs for its 1,662 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 32.7 minutes, against 24.2 across Michigan.
Most working residents leave Grattan Township for work: only 2% work in town. Grattan Township’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, above both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The median household income in Grattan Township is $111,000.
| Grattan Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $111,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
In Grattan Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Grattan Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 15° and about 66 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Grattan Township is healthier than 62% of U.S. towns
Against the 6,953 U.S. towns with household incomes like Grattan Township’s, it is less healthy than 68%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Grattan Township beats the Michigan average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 28% of Grattan Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Grattan Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 25% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Grattan Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.3% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.7% | 11.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Grattan Township has set aside 3.2% of its land for conservation
0.5 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Murray Lake Public Access | — | 8 |
| 2. Grattan Township Roadside Park | — | 4 |
| 3. Big Pine Island Lake Public Access | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
North Country Trail and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Grattan Township. Close and well known come first.
10 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
18 mi MuseumGerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
13 mi MuseumFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park18 mi TheatreAcrisure Amphitheater
16 mi Theme parkRamona Park
19 mi Zoo & aquariumJohn Ball ZooPhoto credits
North Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · 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 · Ramona Park: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · John Ball Zoo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Grattan Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Grattan Township
About 1 of every 100 Grattan Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Grattan Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Grattan Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,809. It is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is located about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of the city of Grand Rapids.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 863 ft
Grattan Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Grattan Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grattan Township | #231 | B+ | C+ | — | A | B |
| Oakfield Township | #239 | B+ | B− | — | A− | B− |
| Vergennes Township | #163 | A− | C− | — | A | A− |
| Cannon Township | #89 | A | C | — | A+ | A |
| Otisco Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C |
Otisco Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Grattan Township, Oakfield Township, Vergennes Township, Cannon Township and Otisco Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Grattan Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Grattan Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grattan Township, MI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Grattan Township grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #231 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Grattan 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+.