Home TownshipMI
A town of 2,813.
Is Home Township a good place to live?
Home Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $137K for a typical one, or 1.7 years of the Grand Rapids metro’s $83K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 454th of 697 in Michigan. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $56K, and 22% of residents live below the poverty line, and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 87% of the country. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 22% of residents live below the poverty line in Home Township, above both Michigan’s towns (8.9%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Edmore State Game Area, at 1,206 acres with 1.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Home Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 72% of U.S. towns.
What makes Home Township stand out
Where Home Township beats most towns.
88% of working residents leave Home Township for work
Where Home Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Home Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Home Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Home Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Home 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 Home Township.
Home Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 94% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Home Township’s schools rank behind 67% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Montabella Community Schools. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Montabella JuniorSenior High, with 383 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montabella ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 389 | C |
| Montabella JuniorSenior HighLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 383 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Home Township earns a D for health
19% of Home Township adults smoke cigarettes. Home Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 43% of Home Township adults have obesity.
| Home Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Home Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.5% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.8% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 19.3% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.7 jobs for every working resident, most of Home Township’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 480 in 2011 to 661.
Most working residents leave Home Township for work: only 12% work in town. Jobs based in Home Township grew to 661 in 2021, 181 more than in 2011. Home Township’s average trip to work is 21 minutes.
| Home Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $56,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
In Home Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Home Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Home Township is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Home Township has set aside 5.9% of its land for conservation
3.2 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Home Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.9% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Edmore State Game Area | 1.2 mi | 1,206 |
| 2. Ballfield Park | — | 8 |
| 3. Glen D. Curtis Memorial Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Home Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Home Township
About 8 of every 100 Home Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Home Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Home Township is a civil township of Montcalm County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 2,716.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 948 ft
Home Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Home Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Township | #454 | C+ | A+ | — | C | D |
| Belvidere Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C− |
| Richland Township | #670 | D | A | — | C− | D |
| Rolland Township | — | — | C | — | C | C− |
| Day Township | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | D |
Belvidere Township, Rolland Township and Day Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Home Township, Belvidere Township, Richland Township, Rolland Township and Day Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Home Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Home Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Home Township, MI a good place to live?
It grades D for health and C for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Home 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+.