Hope TownshipMI
A town of 1,383, settled in 1871.
Is Hope Township a good place to live?
Hope Township’s best subject grade is a B+ for schools; its weakest is a C for walkability. Hope Township’s median rent is $1,500 a month, where Michigan’s towns sit at $1,046 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Hope Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,383 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Hope Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Hope Township is from typical.
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Moving to Hope Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hope 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 Hope Township.
Most of Hope Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Hope Township for work: only 1% work in town. Hope Township’s median household income is $101,000, above both the Michigan town median ($77,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Jobs based in Hope Township fell to 154 in 2021, 75 fewer than in 2011.
| Hope Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $101,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
In Hope Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Hope Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 15° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hope Township’s typical home value is about $218K
The typical Hope Township home is worth about $218,000, up 8.6% in a year, 17% below the Michigan typical home. 93% of Hope Township households own their home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Hope Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like Michigan’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Michigan average. 33% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Hope Township.
| Hope Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 23% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 26% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 19% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 132 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.3 points). Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 66% are men (MI 42%).
| Hope Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.2% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.5% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.6% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.2% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.4% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.9% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
Hope Township has set aside 4.3% of its land for conservation
1.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit | — | 1,215 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Hope Township is healthier than 52% of U.S. towns
Hope Township beats the Michigan average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4.
| Hope Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Hope Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.5% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.9% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.1% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
USS Edson and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hope Township. Close and well known come first.
26 mi MuseumUSS Edson
12 mi GardenDow Gardens
13 mi GardenChippewa Nature Center
26 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum
31 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 Hope Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hope Township
About 4 of every 100 Hope Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
99% of working residents leave Hope Township for work
Where Hope Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Hope Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Hope Township is a civil township of Midland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,373 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 23 sq mi
- Elevation
- 682 ft
Questions about Hope Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hope Township, MI expensive?
That is 2.8 years of the area's median household income ($77,705 across the Midland, 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 B−.