Lee TownshipMI
A town of 1,057. 26% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Lee Township a good place to live?
Lee Township’s best subject grade is an A− for civic life; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 4 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on walkability. The biggest park or preserve is Voorhees Sanctuary, at 34 acres. Lee Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lee Township stand out
Where Lee Township beats most towns.
Lee Township has shrunk 13% since 2010
1,213 counted in 2010 and 1,055 in 2020; an estimated 1,057 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Lee Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Lee Township is from typical.
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 has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Lee Township for work: only 1% work in town. At 31 minutes, Lee Township’s average trip to work is above both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Marshall (14%), Battle Creek (10%) and Kalamazoo (5%).
| Lee Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Lee Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Lee Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 17° and about 40 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lee Township is healthier than 61% of U.S. towns
That puts Lee Township where Michigan’s towns sit at 34% and U.S. towns at 36%. Lee Township beats the Michigan average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Lee Township.
| Lee Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Lee Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.6% | 8.7% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.9% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Low risk in Lee Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lee Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.9% of Lee Township is conserved land
1.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Lee Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Lee Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Voorhees Sanctuary | — | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Air Zoo and 21 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lee Township. Close and well known come first.
37 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
31 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
9 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic18 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park Zoo
29 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year
29 mi Zoo & aquariumPotter Park ZooPhoto credits
Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Potter Park Zoo: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Lee Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Lee Township
About 3 of every 100 Lee Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
1,057 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Lee Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Lee Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,055 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 928 ft
Questions about Lee Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lee Township, MI a good place to live?
26% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Lee 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.