Is Moffatt Township a good place to live?
Moffatt Township’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D for health. 39% of residents are 65 or older in Moffatt Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 19% and U.S. towns at 18%. Only 2 of the 702 Michigan towns we compare have a higher age of the median resident than Moffatt Township. Moffatt Township's schools outperform 76% of the state's. On history, just 9 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Moffatt Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Moffatt Township stand out
Where Moffatt Township beats most towns.
1,170 people, and everyone knows the way
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How Moffatt Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Moffatt Township is from typical.
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Moving to Moffatt Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Moffatt 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 Moffatt Township.
Moffatt Township stands out in Michigan and nationally, with more of its adults who have high blood pressure
Among adults in Moffatt Township, 16% worry about having enough food. 40% of adults have obesity in the town, above both the Michigan town median (37%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). Two figures for adults locally: 16% have diabetes, 14% binge drink. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Moffatt Township is ahead of Michigan on 4 and behind on 14.
| Moffatt Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 36% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 12% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Moffatt Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.8% | 15.9% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.3% | 77.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.9% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moffatt Township has 0.1 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The top destinations are Standish (11%), Deep River Township (6%) and Clayton Township (5%). Just 1% of Moffatt Township’s working residents have a job in town. Between 2011 and 2021, jobs locally rose by 22, to 51. Half of commuters travel less than 36 miles.
| Moffatt Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.9% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Low risk in Moffatt Township, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA puts 62% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 16% to cold waves. Moffatt Township’s FEMA risk score stands at 24 of 100. 14 flood insurance claims have been paid locally since 1990.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Moffatt Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 81° in July, and January nights bottom out around 13°; snowfall runs to about 53 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moffatt Township has set aside 2.2% of its land for conservation
24 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. In Moffatt Township, the concentration of trails is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Moffatt Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.2% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit | 20.7 mi | 6,346 |
| 2. Moffatt Township Park | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Moffatt Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Moffatt Township; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Moffatt Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
99% of working residents leave Moffatt Township for work
Where Moffatt Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Moffatt Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Moffatt Township is a civil township of Arenac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,166 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 32 sq mi
- Elevation
- 768 ft
- Area code
- 989
Questions about Moffatt Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Moffatt 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−.