Isabella TownshipMI
A town of 2,196.
Is Isabella Township a good place to live?
The best of Isabella Township’s subject grades is a B+ for civic life; the weakest is a C− for incomes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. Isabella Township’s average trip to work is 21 minutes, below both Michigan’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On the outdoors, just 90 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Isabella Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Isabella Township stand out
Where Isabella Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Isabella Township for work
Where Isabella Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Isabella Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Isabella Township is from typical.
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Moving to Isabella Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Isabella 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 Isabella Township.
Most of Isabella Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Isabella Township for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2011, Isabella Township has lost 161 jobs, to 261 in 2021. 13% of Isabella Township residents live below the poverty line, above both the Michigan town median (8.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Isabella Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Residents of Isabella Township are less healthy than 73% of U.S. towns
Isabella Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 20% of Isabella Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Isabella Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Isabella Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15% | 10.2% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 10.1% | 8.3% |
| More smokers | 17% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Isabella Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 2017, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Isabella Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Isabella Township
Isabella Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 15° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Isabella Township Park | 0.4 mi | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Isabella Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Isabella Township
About 6 of every 100 Isabella Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Isabella Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Isabella Township is a civil township of Isabella County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,096 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 771 ft
Isabella Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Isabella Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C |
| Nottawa Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | C− |
| Vernon Township | — | — | B− | — | B | D |
| Denver Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Union Township | #629 | C− | C | — | C+ | C+ |
Isabella Township, Nottawa Township, Vernon Township and Denver Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Isabella Township, Nottawa Township, Vernon Township, Denver Township and Union Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Isabella Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Isabella Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Isabella Township, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.