Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
26% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Olive Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $296K, 4.1 years of the Lansing metro’s $73K median household income. It grades A overall, 93rd among Michigan's 697 graded towns. On the plus side, its schools outperform 82% of the state's. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Stony Creek Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. Olive Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Where Olive Township beats most towns.
Stony Creek BridgeWhere Olive Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Olive Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 3 maps from 1927 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Olive 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Olive Township.
Olive Township beats the Michigan average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Olive Township, against 34% in Michigan’s towns and 36% across U.S. towns. 21% of Olive Township adults get no exercise outside work.
| Olive Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Olive Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.2% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.1% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Olive Township for work: only 2% work in town. 20% of workers work from home in Olive Township, above both Michigan’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (11%). Jobs based in Olive Township grew to 336 in 2021, 248 more than in 2011.
| Olive Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Olive Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 50 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide). 22% of residents are 65 or older in Olive Township. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Olive Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 43.9 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.1 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Olive Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.7% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.1% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.1% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.6% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.5% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.4% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17.6% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.7% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Muskrat Lake State Game Area, at 199 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Muskrat Lake State Game Area | — | 199 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Olive Township. Close and well known come first.
12 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
40 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
12 mi Zoo & aquariumPotter Park Zoo
12 mi MuseumR. E. Olds Transportation Museum
12 mi GardenW. J. Beal Botanical Garden
11 mi MuseumImpression 5 Science CenterEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Potter Park Zoo: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0 · W. J. Beal Botanical Garden: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Impression 5 Science Center: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of Olive Township
About 4 of every 100 Olive Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Olive Township is a civil township of Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,535 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Olive Township.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Bingham Township (A−) comes closest.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Township | #93 | A | B+ | — | A− | A− |
| Bingham Township | #128 | A− | B | — | A− | B |
| DeWitt Township | #380 | B− | C | B | C+ | B+ |
| Victor Township | #338 | B | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Riley Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | A− |
Riley Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Olive Township, Bingham Township, Victor Township and Riley Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Olive Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Olive Township grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #93 of 697 in Michigan. It grades A− for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
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+.
