Greendale TownshipMI
A town of 1,730, settled in 1902.
Is Greendale Township a good place to live?
The best of Greendale Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. On hazard risk, just 49 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. The median household income is $56K, and 20% of residents live below the poverty line. Only 84 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on cost of living. On history, just 12 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is West Midland Community Center, at 31 acres. Greendale Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Greendale Township for work
Where Greendale Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Greendale Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Greendale Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Greendale Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Greendale 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 Greendale Township.
Most of Greendale Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Greendale Township for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Greendale Township grew to 120 in 2021, 50 more than in 2011. Greendale Township’s median household income is $56,000, where Michigan’s towns sit at $77,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000.
| Greendale Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $56,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 8.2% | 10% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Health in Greendale Township trails 73% of U.S. towns
Greendale Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Greendale Township, against 27% in Michigan’s towns and 23% across U.S. towns. 40% of Greendale Township adults have obesity.
| Greendale Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Greendale Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.6% | 10.2% |
| More smokers | 17.4% | 14.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Greendale Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Greendale Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The FEMA risk score in Greendale Township is higher than in the typical Michigan or U.S. town
The FEMA risk score in Greendale Township is 66 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 1% of Greendale Township
26 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Greendale Township’s trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Greendale Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit | 18.5 mi | 6,075 |
| 2. West Midland Community Center | 0.3 mi | 31 |
| 3. Prairie Road Property | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
USS Edson and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greendale Township. Close and well known come first.
34 mi MuseumUSS Edson
15 mi GardenDow Gardens
13 mi GardenChippewa Nature Center
34 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum
32 mi TheatreTemple Theatre32 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration SquarePhoto credits
USS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chippewa Nature Center: Christian Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Temple Theatre: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Greendale Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Greendale Township
About 3 of every 100 Greendale Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Greendale Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Greendale Township is a civil township of Midland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,731.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 673 ft
Greendale Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Greendale Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greendale Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Lee Township | #332 | B | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Chippewa Township | #579 | C− | B | — | B− | C |
| Jasper Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Geneva Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C |
Greendale Township, Jasper Township and Geneva Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Greendale Township, Lee Township, Chippewa Township, Jasper Township and Geneva Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Greendale Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Greendale Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Greendale 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 A.