Hartland TownshipMI
A town of 16,108, settled in 1837. Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Hartland Township a good place to live?
Hartland Township is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 28th among Michigan's 697 graded towns. The median household earns $109K, its schools rank ahead of 93% of Michigan towns, and it is healthier than 82% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a C, is in cost of living. Hartland Township’s median household income is $109,000, where Michigan’s towns sit at $77,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. The biggest place to walk is Settlers Park, 128 acres with 8.3 miles of trail.
What makes Hartland Township stand out
Where Hartland Township beats most towns.
91% of working residents leave Hartland Township for work
Where Hartland Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Hartland Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Hartland Township is from typical.
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Moving to Hartland Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hartland 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 Hartland Township.
Hartland Township earns an A for schools
Its public schools are run by the Hartland Consolidated Schools. Three of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland MS at Ore CreekLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 752 | A |
| Hartland High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 1,610 | A |
| Creekside Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 408 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Hartland Township’s typical home value is about $406K
The typical Hartland Township home is worth about $406,000, up 2.8% in a year, 54% above the Michigan typical home. 91% of households own their home in Hartland Township.
| Hartland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,346 a month | $1,045 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3.2% of Hartland Township is conserved land
24 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Hartland Township’s trail density is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Hartland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Settlers Park | 8.3 mi | 128 |
| 2. Hartland Heritage Park | — | 63 |
| 3. Bullard Lake Nature Preserve | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Hartland Township earns an A− for health
Its widest gap with Michigan is food insecurity: 9.2% of its 18,124 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide.
15% of Hartland Township adults say their health is fair or poor. Hartland Township beats the Michigan average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 32% of Hartland Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Hartland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 12% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Hartland Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.2% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hartland Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 86% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Hartland Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Hartland Township for work: only 9% work in town. The average trip to work in Hartland Township is 29 minutes. Jobs based in Hartland Township fell to 3,364 in 2021, 326 fewer than in 2011.
| Hartland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 16% | 10% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.6% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Hartland Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Hartland Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 15° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Michigan overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). Hartland Township has grown 5.6% since 2020, to 16,108 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 37% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Hartland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 26% | 29% |
| Median age | 43.8 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.9 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 42.8, men 44.8.
| Hartland Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.2% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.5% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.8% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.8% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.4% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.5% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.6% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 24% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.4% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Everything we know about Hartland Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hartland Township
About 4 of every 100 Hartland Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Hartland Township
Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
Hartland is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the main community in Hartland Township, in Livingston County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hartland had a population of 777. US Highway 23 forms the western edge of the community; the highway leads north 27 miles (43 km) to Flint and south the same distance to Ann Arbor. Hartland was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 948 ft
- ZIP code
- 48353
Hartland Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Hartland Township.
At #28 in MI, it grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Brighton Township (A) comes closest.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland Township | #28 | A+ | C | — | A | A− |
| Tyrone Township | #245 | B+ | C− | — | A | A− |
| Highland Township | #113 | A | C | A | A− | A− |
| Brighton Township | #67 | A | C− | — | A | A |
| Oceola Township | #170 | A− | C | — | A | A− |
Hartland Township, Tyrone Township, Brighton Township and Oceola Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hartland Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Hartland Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hartland Township, MI a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Hartland Township grades A+ overall, better than 95% of U.S. towns and #28 of 697 in Michigan. It grades A− for health and A for schools.
Is Hartland Township, MI expensive?
That is 5.3 years of the area's median household income ($76,664 across the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.