Maple Grove TownshipMI
A town of 1,635, settled in 1851.
Is Maple Grove Township a good place to live?
The best of Maple Grove Township’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for walkability. 32% of residents are under 18 in Maple Grove Township, above both the Michigan town median (21%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Only 7 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors. Maple Grove Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Maple Grove Township for work
Where Maple Grove Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Maple Grove Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Maple Grove Township is from typical.
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Moving to Maple Grove Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Maple Grove 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 Maple Grove Township.
Most of Maple Grove Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Maple Grove Township for work: only 1% work in town. Maple Grove Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, against 25 minutes in Michigan’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Maple Grove Township grew to 97 in 2021, 32 more than in 2011.
| Maple Grove Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Residents of Maple Grove Township are less healthy than 67% of U.S. towns
Maple Grove Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Maple Grove Township.
| Maple Grove Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Maple Grove Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.9% | 10.2% |
| More smokers | 17.5% | 14.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Maple Grove Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Maple Grove Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 68 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Maple Grove Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
North Country Trail and 24 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maple Grove Township. Close and well known come first.
29 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
40 mi MuseumGerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
30 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
36 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
38 mi MuseumFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
16 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a yearPhoto credits
North Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: Staff of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Public domain · Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: User Jeffness on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Maple Grove Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Maple Grove Township
About 2 of every 100 Maple Grove Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Maple Grove Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Maple Grove Township is a civil township of Barry County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,599 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Maple Grove is located within the township.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 958 ft
Maple Grove Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Maple Grove Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Grove Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C |
| Castleton Township | #528 | C | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Assyria Township | — | — | A− | — | C | C+ |
| Baltimore Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | B− |
| Nashville | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C |
| Kalamo Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | C |
Maple Grove Township, Assyria Township, Baltimore Township, Nashville and Kalamo Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Maple Grove Township, Castleton Township, Assyria Township, Baltimore Township, Nashville and Kalamo Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Maple Grove Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Maple Grove Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Maple Grove 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.