Milton TownshipMI
A town of 2,485.
Is Milton Township a good place to live?
Milton Township’s best subject grade is an A for schools; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. 38% of residents are 65 or older in Milton Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 19% and U.S. towns at 18%. Only 89 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on cost of living. The biggest park or preserve is Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve, at 1,593 acres. Milton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Milton Township stand out
Where Milton Township beats most towns.
95% of working residents leave Milton Township for work
Where Milton Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Milton Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Milton Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Milton Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Milton 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 Milton Township.
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Milton Township’s workers commute out
For most workers, Milton Township is a place to come home to: only 5% work in town. Milton Township’s typical household income is $89,000, above Michigan’s towns ($77,000) and close to U.S. towns ($80,000). Since 2011, Milton Township has added 58 jobs, to 235 in 2021. In Milton Township, 6.7% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Milton Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.3% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
The climate in Milton Township brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
Milton Township’s peak summer temperature stands at 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Milton Township are healthier than 65% of U.S. towns
15% of Milton Township adults binge drink. This Michigan town does better than the Michigan average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 4. Among adults in the town, 15% report frequent mental distress and 83% had a checkup this year.
| Milton Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| What stands out | Milton Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.8% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.6% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.5% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Milton Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected losses in Milton Township break down as 64% from inland flooding and 26% from cold waves. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 67% of U.S. communities. The town has had 2 paid flood insurance claims since 1980.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1% of Milton Township is conserved land
17 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. For Milton Township, the concentration of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Milton Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Maplehurst Natural Area | 8.5 mi | 413 |
| 2. Torch River Ridge: A Cotanche Family Legacy | 4.1 mi | 282 |
| 3. Milton Township Park | 0.8 mi | 44 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Milton Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Milton Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Milton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Milton Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Milton Township is a civil township of Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,355 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 44 sq mi
- Elevation
- 633 ft
Milton Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Milton Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Township | — | — | C− | — | A | B |
| Clearwater Township | #324 | B | A | — | C+ | B |
| Helena Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whitewater Township | #118 | A | B− | — | A | A− |
| Elk Rapids Township | #76 | A | C− | — | A | A− |
| Rapid City | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Forest Home Township | — | — | B− | — | B | B |
| Torch Lake Township | — | — | D | — | A− | B+ |
Milton Township, Forest Home Township and Torch Lake Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Milton Township, Clearwater Township, Whitewater Township, Elk Rapids Township, Forest Home Township and Torch Lake Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Helena Township and Rapid City aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Milton Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Milton Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Milton Township, MI expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.