Grout Township, Michigan, 2021
Grout Township’s story
152 years in pictures
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2021 and 2 maps from 1969 on.
- 1874Grout Township is settled
Grout TownshipMI
A town of 2,022, settled in 1874.
Population
2,022
2025 Census estimate · +2.6% since 2020
Median home value
$157K
Census ACS
Household income
$75K
median
Median age
35.5
years
Jobs based here
141
A commuter town
Is Grout Township a good place to live?
Grout Township’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D for incomes. The biggest park or preserve is Gladwin State Game Area, at 112 acres. Grout Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Grout Township stand out
Where Grout Township beats most towns.
A commuter town
99% of working residents leave Grout Township for work
Where Grout Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
141jobs based in Grout Township
1%of working residents work in town
25 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2021
How Grout Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Grout Township is from typical.
Jobs & income$75K median household incomeDOpen →HealthMymichigan Medical Center Gladwin 3.7 miles awayDOpen →Hazard riskinland flooding tops the listAOpen →Cost of livingTypical home $157K, 2.8 years of the county’s $55K median household incomeA−Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 5.3 of 20; 10.1% of households have no car; 2.4% of workers walk, bike or ride transitC+Open →SchoolsBOpen →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors5 miles of trails; 4% conserved landC+Open →HistoryCOpen →Civic life2.5 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsB+Open →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Grout Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grout Township, and how to reach them.
PowerConsumers Energy20.7¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterCity of Gladwin water system2 health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Grout Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsGladwin Community SchoolsBeaverton Rural Schools2 districts serve Grout Township; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereGrout Township ClerkThe town itself; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Nov 2025
ZIP codes48624, 4861248624 82% · 48612 18%Census 2020
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 Grout Township.
HealthD
Grout Township is less healthy than 85% of U.S. towns
The share of adults in Grout Township who worry about having enough food is 16%, above both the Michigan town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). CDC measures, 32 in all: Grout Township beats Michigan on 1 and trails on 14. In Grout Township, 18% of adults report frequent physical distress.
15%healthier than U.S. townsDHealth Grade
| Grout Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 36% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
32 measures vs. Michigan
1 better17 too close to call14 worse
| What stands out | Grout Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.1% | 77.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.4% | 8.1% |
Mymichigan Medical Center Gladwin
3.7 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
SchoolsB
On state tests, Grout Township’s schools beat 56% of Michigan districts
Its two schools are below. The Gladwin Community Schools runs its public schools.
56%of MI districts it outscoresBSchool Grade
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Brook PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 26 | – |
| Gladwin Community Alternative HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 23 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Grout Township’s workers commute out
For most workers, Grout Township is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. Jobs in Grout Township grew by 30 from 2011 to 2021, reaching 141. Among residents in the town, 26% live below the poverty line. The average commute for Grout Township comes to 29 minutes, against 25 minutes in Michigan’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
1%work in town
| Grout Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 26% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
In Grout Township1%
Gladwin22%
Midland10%
Clare3%
Mount Pleasant2%
25 mi
median commute distance
141
jobs based in Grout Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C+
Walkability grade: more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade A
Grout Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
In Grout Township, the risk rating from FEMA is 23 of 100. Expected losses in Grout Township break down as 52% from inland flooding and 19% from cold waves.
23risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Climate
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Grout Township’s year
Expect July afternoons of 82° and January nights of 14°, with about 49 inches of snow a winter.
49″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter16–32°
Spring33–56°
Summer56–80°
Fall39–59°
Oct 4
typical first frost
May 9
typical last frost
+1.8°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
OutdoorsC+
Protected land: 3.5% of Grout Township
Walkers can cover 4.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Grout Township’s trail network density stands at 0.1 miles per square mile.
3.5%conserved
| Grout Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.5% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
3.5%
conserved · 778 of 22,138 acres
4.6 mi
of trails · 0.1 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. South Park | 0.8 mi | 60 |
| 2. Gladwin State Game Area | 0.1 mi | 112 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Grout Township
18pages on Grout Township
The big questions
Out and about
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Grout Township
About 4 of every 100 Grout Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Grout Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Grout Township is a civil township of Gladwin County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,974 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 797 ft
Grout Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Grout Township.
GladwinBuckeye TownshipSage TownshipBeaverton TownshipArthur TownshipGrout Township
How the neighbors grade
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grout Township | — | — | A− | — | B | D |
| Gladwin | #571 | C− | B+ | C− | B+ | D |
| Buckeye Township | — | — | B | — | B | C− |
| Sage Township | #653 | D | B− | — | B+ | D |
| Beaverton Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| Arthur Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Grout Township, Buckeye Township and Beaverton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Grout Township, Buckeye Township, Sage Township and Beaverton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Arthur Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Grout Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Grout Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grout 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−.