Moorland TownshipMI
A town of 1,767, settled in 1888.
Is Moorland Township a good place to live?
Moorland Township’s best subject grade is an A− for the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 90 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on walkability. Homes are within reach, about $207K for a typical one, or 3.2 years of the Muskegon metro’s $65K median household income. Among 702 Michigan towns, just 1 have a higher share of households owning their home than Moorland Township. 33% of the land in Moorland Township is conserved, against 4.4% in Michigan’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Muskegon State Game Area, at 755 acres. Moorland Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Moorland Township stand out
Where Moorland Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Moorland Township for work
Where Moorland Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Moorland Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Moorland Township is from typical.
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Moving to Moorland Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Moorland 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 Moorland Township.
Nearly a third of Moorland Township is conserved land
9.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Muskegon State Game Area | — | 755 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Moorland Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Moorland Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Moorland Township for work: only 1% work in town. Moorland Township’s average trip to work is 27 minutes, where Michigan’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (9%), Walker (8%) and Muskegon (6%).
| Moorland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Moorland Township is less healthy than 69% of U.S. towns
Moorland Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 43% of adults have obesity in Moorland Township.
| Moorland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Moorland Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13% | 10.2% |
| More smokers | 17.5% | 14.6% |
| More adults with obesity | 42.6% | 36.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Moorland Township
Moorland Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 48 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Michigan's Adventure and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Moorland Township. Close and well known come first.
24 mi MuseumGerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
39 mi MuseumJim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
38 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
26 mi MuseumFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park25 mi TheatreAcrisure AmphitheaterPhoto credits
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: Staff of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Public domain · Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia: Jim Crow Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · North Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: User Jeffness on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5
Everything we know about Moorland Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Moorland Township
About 2 of every 100 Moorland Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Moorland Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Moorland Township is a civil township of Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,627 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 696 ft
Moorland Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Moorland Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorland Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C |
| Ravenna Township | #299 | B | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Casnovia Township | #565 | C | C | — | B | C |
| Egelston Township | #634 | D | B+ | — | C+ | D |
| Bridgeton Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | C+ |
Moorland Township and Bridgeton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Moorland Township, Ravenna Township, Casnovia Township, Egelston Township and Bridgeton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Moorland Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Moorland Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Moorland 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+.