Kalamo TownshipMI
A town of 1,776, settled in 1842.
Is Kalamo Township a good place to live?
Kalamo Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for history and a B for incomes; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Kalamo Township’s average trip to work is 38 minutes, above both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 89 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on walkability. Only 24 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors. Kalamo Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Kalamo Township for work
Where Kalamo Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Kalamo Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Kalamo Township is from typical.
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Moving to Kalamo Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kalamo 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 Kalamo Township.
Most of Kalamo Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Kalamo Township for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2011, Kalamo Township has added 87 jobs, to 141 in 2021. 7.3% of Kalamo Township workers work from home, below both Michigan’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (11%).
| Kalamo Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 7.3% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.7% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Residents of Kalamo Township are less healthy than 66% of U.S. towns
Kalamo Township beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Kalamo Township.
| Kalamo Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Kalamo Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.4% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Kalamo Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Kalamo Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Kalamo Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 2018, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Kalamo Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
North Country Trail and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kalamo Township. Close and well known come first.
31 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
36 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
30 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
22 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year
20 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic23 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park ZooPhoto credits
North Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Kalamo Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Kalamo Township
About 3 of every 100 Kalamo Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Kalamo Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Kalamo Township is a general law township of Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,765 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 935 ft
Kalamo Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Kalamo Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamo Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | C |
| Vermontville Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Bellevue Township | #481 | C+ | A− | — | C | C+ |
| Carmel Township | #456 | C+ | B | — | B− | C+ |
| Maple Grove Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
Kalamo Township, Vermontville Township and Maple Grove Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Kalamo Township, Vermontville Township, Bellevue Township, Carmel Township and Maple Grove Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Kalamo Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Kalamo Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kalamo 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.