Maple Grove TownshipMI
It is a town of 2,646 residents in Michigan. 29% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Maple Grove Township a good place to live?
Maple Grove Township’s weakest is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Its overall grade is C+, better than 39% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 485th of 697 in Michigan. It lags on health as well: residents are less healthy than 71% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. At about $232K, a typical home costs 3.8 years of the Saginaw metro’s $61K median household income. Schools are its strong suit — its schools rank ahead of 84% of Michigan towns. Only 67 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US.
What makes Maple Grove Township stand out
Where Maple Grove Township beats most towns.
97% 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.
Few of Maple Grove Township’s working residents work in town
Maple Grove Township has 164 jobs for its 857 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Commuting out is the norm in Maple Grove Township: 3% of working residents work locally. Jobs based in Maple Grove Township grew to 164 in 2021, 85 more than in 2011. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in the town. The town’s typical journey to work stands at 29 minutes, above both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Maple Grove Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Maple Grove Township’s grade for health is a C
Maple Grove Township: just over four in five adults had a checkup this year. In Maple Grove Township, 16% of adults report frequent physical distress, above both Michigan’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (14%). Two figures for adults in the town: 28% have been diagnosed with depression, 39% have high blood pressure.
| Maple Grove Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Maple Grove Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.5% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 8.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Maple Grove Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 16°, with about 38 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Maple Grove Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
The risk rating from FEMA for Maple Grove Township comes to 50 of 100. 54% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 18%. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1986: 3.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
USS Edson and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maple Grove Township. Close and well known come first.
31 mi MuseumUSS Edson
39 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
19 mi MuseumSloan Museum
33 mi GardenDow Gardens18 mi MuseumCrossroads Village (Michigan)
19 mi MuseumFlint Institute of ArtsPhoto credits
USS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Flint Institute of Arts: Blueskiesfalling at English Wikipedia, Public domain
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Everything we know about Maple Grove Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Maple Grove Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Maple Grove Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Maple Grove Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Maple Grove Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,676 at the 2020 Census.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 666 ft
Maple Grove Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Maple Grove Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Grove Township | #485 | C+ | C+ | — | A− | C |
| Montrose Township | #435 | C+ | B− | A− | B− | C− |
| Chesaning Township | #271 | B | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Albee Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C |
| Hazelton Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C |
Albee Township and Hazelton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Maple Grove Township, Chesaning Township, Albee Township and Hazelton 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 a good place to live?
Maple Grove Township grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #485 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Maple Grove 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 C+.