Montmorency TownshipMI
A town of 1,093.
Is Montmorency Township a good place to live?
Montmorency Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for the outdoors and an A for civic life; its weakest is a D for health. Montmorency Township’s median age is 60.5 years, above both the Michigan town median (42.5 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. 45% of the land in Montmorency Township is conserved, above both the Michigan town median (4.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Mackinac State Forest - Atlanta Unit, at 36,104 acres with 193 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. On the outdoors, just 16 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better. Montmorency Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Montmorency Township stand out
Where Montmorency Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
1,093 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Montmorency Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Montmorency Township is from typical.
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Moving to Montmorency Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Montmorency 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 Montmorency Township.
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Montmorency Township
335 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Montmorency Township’s trail density is 2.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mackinac State Forest - Atlanta Unit | 193 mi | 36,104 |
| 2. Pigeon River Country State Forest | 20.1 mi | 3,761 |
| 3. Clear Lake State Park | 4.9 mi | 287 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A larger share of adults in Montmorency Township have high blood pressure than in the typical Michigan or U.S. town
46% of adults have high blood pressure in Montmorency Township. Montmorency Township beats the Michigan average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 17% of adults have diabetes in Montmorency Township.
| Montmorency Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 36% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Montmorency Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.2% | 15.9% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 83% | 77.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.2% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Montmorency Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Montmorency Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Montmorency Township grew to 63 in 2021, 44 more than in 2011. The average trip to work in Montmorency Township is 29 minutes.
| Montmorency Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Montmorency Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Montmorency Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Montmorency Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 11° and about 87 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Montmorency Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Montmorency Township; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Montmorency Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
335 miles of trails in Montmorency Township
44.9% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
About Montmorency Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Montmorency Township is a civil township of Montmorency County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,016 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 141 sq mi
- Elevation
- 902 ft
Questions about Montmorency Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Montmorency Township, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.