Homestead TownshipMI
A town of 2,419, settled in 1869. 2.4 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Homestead Township a good place to live?
The best of Homestead Township’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living and an A+ for civic life; the weakest is a C for incomes. Homestead Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, against 25 minutes in Michigan’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Only 93 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns score higher on civic life. The biggest park or preserve is Platte River Park, at 49 acres. Homestead Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Homestead Township stand out
Where Homestead Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
94% of working residents leave Homestead Township for work
Where Homestead Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Homestead Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Homestead Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and 2 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Homestead Township. Close and well known come first.
4 mi National LakeshoreSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore1.6M visitors a year
32 mi TheatreRamsdell Theatre9 mi MuseumMichigan Legacy Art ParkPhoto credits
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: en:User:Grod028, Public domain · Ramsdell Theatre: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Homestead Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Homestead 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 Homestead Township.
Most of Homestead Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Homestead Township for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2011, Homestead Township has added 64 jobs, to 393 in 2021. 13% of Homestead Township residents live below the poverty line, above both the Michigan town median (8.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Homestead Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Low risk in Homestead Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homestead Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Homestead Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Homestead Township’s July high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Michigan overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (38% statewide). 18% of Homestead Township residents are under 18. Homestead Township has grown 3.6% since 2020, to 2,419 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Homestead Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 18% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 45.9 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.8 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Homestead Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.4% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.2% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.2% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.7% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.7% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.9% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 24% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.9% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.7% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.8% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
Homestead Township ranks healthier than 52% of the country’s towns
Homestead Township beats the Michigan average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 29% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Homestead Township.
| Homestead Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Homestead Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.1% | 11.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.1% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.8% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homestead Township has set aside 1.9% of its land for conservation
18 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Homestead Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit | 14.6 mi | 4,408 |
| 2. Platte River Park | 0.1 mi | 49 |
| 3. Honor Ball Fields | — | 30 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Homestead Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Homestead Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Homestead Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Homestead Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Homestead Township is a civil township of Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,329 at the 2020 census. The township is situated in the center of the county. The village of Honor is located within the township on U.S. Highway 31.
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- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Elevation
- 636 ft
Homestead Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Homestead Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | B− |
| Platte Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Weldon Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inland Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | B |
| Benzonia Township | #443 | C+ | B | — | C+ | B− |
| Almira Township | #287 | B | B | — | C+ | B+ |
Homestead Township and Inland Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Homestead Township, Inland Township, Benzonia Township and Almira Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Platte Township and Weldon Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Homestead Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Homestead Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Homestead Township, MI a good place to live?
2.4 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Homestead 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−.