Is Keeler Township a good place to live?
The best of Keeler Township’s subject grades is a B+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D for health. Only 51 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on health. 27% of residents are 65 or older in Keeler Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 19% and U.S. towns at 18%. The biggest park or preserve is Keeler State Game Area, at 393 acres. Keeler Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Keeler Township stand out
Where Keeler Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
91% of working residents leave Keeler Township for work
Where Keeler Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Keeler Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Keeler Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Keeler Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Keeler 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 Keeler Township.
Keeler Township is less healthy than 92% of U.S. towns
Keeler Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17. 26% of Keeler Township adults say their health is fair or poor, above both Michigan’s towns (19%) and U.S. towns (19%). 20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Keeler Township.
| Keeler Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Keeler Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.5% | 10.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 11% | 6.9% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 22.1% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Keeler Township’s schools rank behind 70% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Dowagiac Union School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sister Lakes Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 166 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Keeler Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Keeler Township for work: only 9% work in town. Jobs based in Keeler Township grew to 413 in 2021, 90 more than in 2011. The average trip to work in Keeler Township is 22 minutes.
| Keeler Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.2% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Keeler Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Keeler Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Keeler Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 18° and about 87 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Michigan overall
Keeler Township’s median age is 50 years. 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Keeler Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 26% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.9 points). Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Keeler Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.4% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.1% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.7% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.5% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.8% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.6% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.1% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.4% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Keeler State Game Area | — | 393 |
| 2. Round Lake Public Access | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Keeler Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Keeler Township
About 2 of every 100 Keeler Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Keeler Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Keeler Township is a civil township in Van Buren County, Michigan, USA. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,968. Keeler Township is largely agricultural, though it has a large influx of summer visitors who own cottages or stay at summer resorts in the Sister Lakes area in the township's southwest corner. The Sister Lakes area, though unincorporated, has the largest collection of retail establishments in the township. (The area extends into adjacent Silver Creek Township in Cass County.) Township offices are in Keeler, which also has some stores.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 804 ft
Keeler Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Keeler Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keeler Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | D |
| Hamilton Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | C− |
| Silver Creek Township | #516 | C | B+ | — | C | C− |
| Hartford Township | #672 | D | B+ | — | C | D− |
| Bainbridge Township | #631 | D | B+ | — | C− | D− |
Keeler Township and Hamilton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Keeler Township, Hamilton Township, Silver Creek Township, Hartford Township and Bainbridge Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Keeler Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Keeler Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Keeler 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 B+.