Monterey TownshipMI
A town of 2,529, settled in 1851.
Is Monterey Township a good place to live?
Monterey Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $186K, 2.2 years of the Holland area’s $83K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 438th of 697 graded towns in Michigan. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Monterey Township’s average trip to work is 32 minutes, above both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Allegan State Game Area, at 1,822 acres with 1.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 75% of U.S. towns.
What makes Monterey Township stand out
Where Monterey Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Monterey Township for work
Where Monterey Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Monterey Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Monterey Township is from typical.
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Moving to Monterey Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Monterey 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 Monterey Township.
Monterey Township gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Grand Rapids and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Monterey Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Monterey Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.6% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Allegan State Game Area | 1.5 mi | 1,822 |
| 2. Dumont Lake County Park | — | 19 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents commute out of Monterey Township
Monterey Township has 287 jobs for its 1,105 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 31.8 minutes, against 24.2 across Michigan.
Most working residents leave Monterey Township for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Monterey Township grew to 287 in 2021, 39 more than in 2011. Monterey Township’s median household income is $91,000.
| Monterey Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $91,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Monterey Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
The Bloomingdale weather station, 19 miles away, records that 109 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 98% of U.S. towns.
Monterey Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83° and January nights drop to 17°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Monterey Township is less healthy than 63% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,831 U.S. towns with household incomes like Monterey Township’s, it is less healthy than 80%, so it trails even them.
Monterey Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of Monterey Township adults binge drink.
| Monterey Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Monterey Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 17.2% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Monterey Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Monterey Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Monterey Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Monterey Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Monterey Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,436 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 896 ft
Monterey Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Monterey Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C+; Heath Township (B+) is closest.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey Township | #438 | C+ | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Hopkins Township | #175 | A− | B+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Allegan Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Salem Township | #123 | A− | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Heath Township | #234 | B+ | B | — | B | B− |
Monterey Township, Hopkins Township, Salem Township and Heath Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Allegan Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Monterey Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Monterey Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Monterey Township, MI a good place to live?
Monterey Township grades C+ overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #438 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools.
Is Monterey 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 B+.