Kinderhook TownshipMI
A town of 1,452, settled in 1843.
Is Kinderhook Township a good place to live?
The best of Kinderhook Township’s subject grades is a B for schools; the weakest is a D for walkability. 31% of residents are 65 or older in Kinderhook Township, above both the Michigan town median (19%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Among 702 Michigan towns, just 3 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Kinderhook Township. The biggest park or preserve is Coldwater Lake State Park, at 402 acres. Kinderhook Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,452 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Kinderhook Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Kinderhook Township is from typical.
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Moving to Kinderhook Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kinderhook 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 Kinderhook Township.
Kinderhook Township is less healthy than 81% of U.S. towns
Kinderhook Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 17% of Kinderhook Township adults report frequent physical distress, where Michigan’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 14%. 40% of Kinderhook Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Kinderhook Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Kinderhook Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.8% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 19% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Kinderhook Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Kinderhook Township for work: only 1% work in town. 6% of workers work from home in Kinderhook Township. The top destinations are Coldwater (23%), Angola (7%) and Fremont (4%).
| Kinderhook Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6% | 10% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Older than Michigan overall
Kinderhook Township’s median age is 55 years. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Kinderhook Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.2 points). Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Kinderhook Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.2% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.4% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.2% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 20.5% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.4% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.6% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.1% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.1% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.4% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Kinderhook Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Kinderhook Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 39 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 Kinderhook Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 3.8% of Kinderhook Township
2.1 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The trail density in Kinderhook Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Kinderhook Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.8% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Coldwater Lake State Park | — | 402 |
| 2. The Adaline Kershaw Woods at Kope Kon Nature Sanctuary | 0.1 mi | 23 |
| 3. Lake Lavine Public Access | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kinderhook Township. Close and well known come first.
30 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
34 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic33 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park Zoo
40 mi MuseumKingman Museum
22 mi GardenSlayton ArboretumPhoto credits
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kingman Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Slayton Arboretum: Brother Atticus, CC0
Everything we know about Kinderhook Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Kinderhook Township
About 0 of every 100 Kinderhook Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
99% of working residents leave Kinderhook Township for work
Where Kinderhook Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Kinderhook Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Kinderhook Township is a civil township of Branch County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,427.
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- Area
- 21 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,010 ft
Questions about Kinderhook Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kinderhook 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.