Lee TownshipAllegan County, MI
A town of 3,836, settled in 1877.
Is Lee Township a good place to live?
Lee Township earns a D, 655th of 697 graded towns in Michigan, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $65K, and 19% of residents live below the poverty line. What it does well: a typical home costs about $81K, 1 years of the Holland area’s $83K median household income. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. Only 35 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns score lower on civic life. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Lee Township, above both Michigan’s towns (8.9%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
98% of working residents leave Lee Township for work
Where Lee Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Lee Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Lee Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 90% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 2%), so the D overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Lee Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lee 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 Lee Township.
Lee Township gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Holland and beyond.
More of Lee Township’s adults smoke cigarettes than in the typical Michigan or U.S. town
For adults in Lee Township, the share who report frequent mental distress is 21%. Of the 701 Michigan towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Lee Township.
| Lee Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 19% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lee Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 15.4% | 6.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.4% | 10.2% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 29.8% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Lee Township’s schools trail 76% of Michigan districts
The Bloomingdale Public School District runs its public schools. Its one school is below. 165 students attend Lee Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pullman Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 165 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Lee Township
Lee Township has 161 jobs for its 1,254 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Half of commuters travel less than 24 miles. For Lee Township, the average commute is 28 minutes. Most people who work leave Lee Township to do it: just 2% work in town. Since 2011, Lee Township has added 85 jobs, to 161 in 2021.
| Lee Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Protected land: 8.3% of Lee Township
Trails run 6.3 miles in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Allegan State Game Area, at 1,714 acres. The density of trails in Lee Township is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Lee Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.3% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Allegan State Game Area | 0.7 mi | 1,714 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lee Township: snowy winters and pleasant summers
The Bloomingdale weather station, 8 miles away, records that 109 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 98% of U.S. towns.
July afternoons reach 83° and January nights drop to 18°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: low risk in Lee Township, mostly inland flooding
Since 2017, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lee Township. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in just over three fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Lee Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lee Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Lee Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Lee Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Lee Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,805 at the 2020 census. The township is rural with the population living mostly around the lakes. A small portion of the Allegan State Game Area is in the township. CSX Transportation has a rail line that goes through the township in a north–south direction. The line also carries Amtrak traffic, but does not stop within the township. No major highways go through Lee Township.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 659 ft
Lee Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Lee Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Township | #655 | D | A | — | C− | D− |
| Clyde Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Cheshire Township | — | — | A− | — | C | D |
| Casco Township | #529 | C | B− | — | B− | C− |
| Columbia Township | #696 | D− | B− | — | C− | D |
Clyde Township and Cheshire Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Lee Township, Clyde Township, Cheshire Township, Casco Township and Columbia Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lee Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Lee Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lee Township, MI a good place to live?
Lee Township grades D overall, better than 11% of U.S. towns and #655 of 697 in Michigan. It grades D− for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Lee 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 A.