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Metamora Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, 156th of 697 graded towns in Michigan, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $109K. It also does better than most on safety: it reports less crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $413K, 5.4 years of the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income. 12% of the land in Metamora Township is conserved, where Michigan’s towns sit at 4.4% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Metamora Crossroads Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns.
Where Metamora Township beats most towns.
Metamora Crossroads Historic DistrictWhere Metamora 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 Metamora Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 236 in 1880, 594 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 4 maps from 1943 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Metamora 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 Metamora Township.
Metamora Township has less food insecurity than most of Michigan, but it reports more crime than Dryden Township and its other graded neighbors and has commutes longer than most of Michigan.
90% of households own their home in Metamora Township, against 84% in Michigan’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. The typical Metamora Township home is worth about $413,000, up 4.3% in a year, 57% above the Michigan typical home. Metamora Township’s median rent is $1,264 a month.
| Metamora Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,264 a month | $1,045 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Lapeer Community Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Murphy Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 374 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Metamora Township is safe by national standards, yet each of the 4 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Dryden Township (A) to Lapeer Township (A+). Violent crime is rare: 6 reported in 2025, 1.3 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Metamora Township is 1.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Metamora Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.8 per 1,000 residents | 8 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.3 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The average commute for its 1,851 working residents takes 32.3 minutes, against 24.2 across Michigan.
Most working residents leave Metamora Township for work: only 6% work in town. 3.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Metamora Township. Jobs based in Metamora Township grew to 921 in 2021, 102 more than in 2011.
| Metamora Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $109,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Michigan is food insecurity: 9.5% of its 7,458 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide. Against the 7,362 U.S. towns with household incomes like Metamora Township’s, it is healthier than 53%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Metamora Township beats the Michigan average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of Metamora Township adults feel lonely.
| Metamora Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Metamora Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.6% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Metamora Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 16° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
None within 15 miles of Metamora Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Metamora Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Village in Michigan, United States
Metamora is a village in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 594 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Metamora Township.
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5 towns share a border with Metamora Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metamora Township | #156 | A− | C+ | A− | B | B+ |
| Dryden Township | #184 | A− | B− | A | B− | B+ |
| Hadley Township | #308 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Oxford Township | #125 | A− | D | A | A− | A− |
| Lapeer Township | #280 | B | B− | A+ | B | C+ |
| Addison Township | #68 | A | C | A+ | A− | A− |
Hadley Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Metamora Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Metamora Township grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #156 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B+ for health, A− for safety and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.