Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,497, settled in 1894.
Orangeville Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $298K for a typical one, or 3.6 years of the Grand Rapids metro’s $83K median household income. It grades B− overall, ranked 425th of 697 in Michigan. 15% of the land in Orangeville Township is conserved, against 4.4% in Michigan’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Barry State Game Area, at 2,644 acres with 7.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns.
Where Orangeville Township beats most towns.
Where Orangeville 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 Orangeville Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 maps from 1951 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Orangeville 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 Orangeville Township.
Orangeville Township is a second-home town and sends most of its workers to Grand Rapids and beyond.
Orangeville Township has 199 jobs for its 1,485 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 21.6% of workers work from home, against 13.5% across Michigan.
Half of commuters travel less than 22 miles. In Orangeville Township, the average trip to work is 31 minutes, where Michigan’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Most people who work leave Orangeville Township to do it: just 4% work in town. Between 2011 and 2021, jobs in the town rose by 62, to 199.
| Orangeville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Count the trails in 3 parks and preserves and they come to 9.4 miles. Orangeville Township’s concentration of trails stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Barry State Game Area | 7.5 mi | 2,644 |
| 2. Orangeville Township Park | — | 28 |
| 3. Yankee Springs Recreation Area | 0.2 mi | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA puts nearly three fifths of Orangeville Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 18% to tornadoes. Compared with 73% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 17°, with about 68 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among adults in Orangeville Township, 81% had a checkup this year. This Michigan town does better than the Michigan average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. In Orangeville Township, just over a quarter of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 33% sleep under 7 hours.
| Orangeville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 27% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Orangeville Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.6% | 8.7% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.1% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Orangeville Township. Close and well known come first.
31 mi MuseumGerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
27 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
23 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
30 mi MuseumFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
8 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year30 mi TheatreAcrisure AmphitheaterGerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: Staff of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Public domain · North Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: User Jeffness on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Orangeville Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Orangeville Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Township in Michigan, United States
Orangeville Township is a civil township of Barry County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,398 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Orangeville Township.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B−; Martin Township (B−) is closest. Prairieville Township next door grades higher for schools (A− to Orangeville Township’s C+) and lower for cost of living (C to B+).
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orangeville Township | #425 | B− | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Prairieville Township | #362 | B− | C | — | A− | B |
| Yankee Springs Township | #202 | B+ | B− | — | A− | B+ |
| Martin Township | #381 | B− | A− | — | B− | C |
| Hope Township | #131 | A− | A | — | B | B− |
Orangeville Township, Prairieville Township, Yankee Springs Township, Martin Township and Hope Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Orangeville Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Orangeville Township grades B− overall, better than 46% of U.S. towns and #425 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B− for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
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+.
