Lee TownshipMidland County, MI
A town of 4,075. Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Lee Township a good place to live?
Lee Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $166K, 2.1 years of the Midland metro’s $78K median household income. It grades B overall, 332nd of 697 graded towns in Michigan. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $54K, and 28% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, its schools rank ahead of 83% of Michigan towns. 28% of residents live below the poverty line in Lee Township, above both Michigan’s towns (8.9%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). On hazard risk, just 60 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 89% of U.S. towns.
What makes Lee Township stand out
Where Lee Township beats most towns.
97% 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.
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Moving to Lee Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lee Township, and how to reach them.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lee Township.
Lee Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Michigan (mostly inland flooding).
Lee Township’s grade for schools is an A−
Its A− for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $167K.
Its public schools are run by the Bullock Creek School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 306 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Lee Township’s working residents commute to Midland
Lee Township has 169 jobs for its 1,384 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Lee Township for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (33%), Mount Pleasant (3%) and Saginaw (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
| Lee Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $54,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Lee Township is healthier than 69% of U.S. towns
Against the 7,168 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lee Township’s, it is healthier than 95%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Lee Township beats the Michigan average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of Lee Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Lee Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Lee Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.7% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.1% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lee Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Lee Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Lee Township
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Michigan towns, with expected losses of about $284 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Lee Township is 62 of 100. Since 2017, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lee Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.8% of Lee Township is conserved land
2.4 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Manitou Park, at 83 acres. 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 | 1.8% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit | 2 mi | 2,065 |
| 2. 9 Mile Road Property | 0.3 mi | 58 |
| 3. Manitou Park | — | 83 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
USS Edson and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lee Township. Close and well known come first.
28 mi MuseumUSS Edson
9 mi GardenDow Gardens
7 mi GardenChippewa Nature Center
28 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum
27 mi TheatreTemple Theatre27 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration SquarePhoto credits
USS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chippewa Nature Center: Christian Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Temple Theatre: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Lee Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lee Township
About 4 of every 100 Lee Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Lee Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Lee Township is a civil township of Midland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,985 at the 2020 census, down from 4,315 in 2010.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 650 ft
Lee Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Lee Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Township | #332 | B | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Greendale Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Porter Township | — | — | B | — | B− | B− |
| Jerome Township | #452 | C+ | B | — | B | B |
| Homer Township | #101 | A | A | — | A | B+ |
Greendale Township and Porter Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Lee Township, Greendale Township, Porter Township, Jerome Township and Homer 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?
By most measures, yes. Lee Township grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #332 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools. Walkability 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 B+.