Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,982, settled in 1872.
The best of Maple Valley Township’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. Maple Valley Township’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, above both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 11 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on cost of living. On the outdoors, just 82 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Maple Valley Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Maple Valley Township beats most towns.
Where Maple Valley Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Maple Valley Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 462 in 1870, 1,908 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2020 and 2 maps from 1959 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Maple Valley 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Maple Valley Township.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Maple Valley Township for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2011, Maple Valley Township has added 34 jobs, to 59 in 2021. 5.1% of Maple Valley Township workers work from home, against 10% in Michigan’s towns and 11% across U.S. towns.
| Maple Valley Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.1% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Maple Valley Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 41% of Maple Valley Township adults have obesity.
| Maple Valley Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Maple Valley Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Maple Valley Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 14° and about 73 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Trufant Ball Park | — | 7 |
| 2. Trufant Community Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Cowden Lake Public Access | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Maple Valley Township; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Maple Valley Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
Township in Michigan, United States
Maple Valley Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,908 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Maple Valley Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Valley Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | C |
| Pierson Township | #186 | A− | A | — | B | C+ |
| Winfield Township | — | — | B | — | B− | C |
| Pine Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C− |
Maple Valley Township, Winfield Township and Pine Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Maple Valley Township, Pierson Township, Winfield Township and Pine Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Maple Valley Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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+.