Park TownshipMI
A town of 2,374.
Is Park Township a good place to live?
Park Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for schools; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 76 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on walkability. Park Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, where Michigan’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The biggest park or preserve is Spring Creek State Game Area, at 80 acres. Park Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
96% of working residents leave Park Township for work
Where Park Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Park Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Park Township is from typical.
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Moving to Park Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Park 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 Park Township.
With only 0.7 jobs per working resident, most people in Park Township work out of town
Among workers in Park Township, 4.9% work from home. Just 4% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. In Park Township, 5.3% of residents live below the poverty line, below both Michigan’s towns (8.9%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 17 miles.
| Park Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 4.9% | 10% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Park Township’s schools rank ahead of 61% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Three Rivers Community Schools. 262 students attend Park Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 262 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Park Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
The range runs from 17° on a January night to 83° on a July afternoon, with about 41 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Less healthy than 61% of U.S. towns
Park Township: 16% of adults smoke cigarettes. 28% of Park Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Park Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Park Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Park Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. 66% of Park Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 11%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.5% of Park Township is conserved land
Trails total 0.8 miles in 2 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Park Township: 2, covering 81 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Spring Creek State Game Area | — | 80 |
| 2. Fisher's Lake Public Access | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Air Zoo and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Park Township. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
38 mi Ancient siteFort St. Joseph
30 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year27 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park Zoo
36 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic
19 mi MuseumKalamazoo Institute of ArtsPhoto credits
Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort St. Joseph: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: 72elyod, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Park Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Park Township
About 4 of every 100 Park Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Park Township
Civil township in the state of Michigan, United States
Park Township is a civil township of St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,397 at the 2020 census. The township was originally part of Flowerfield Township and was set off as a separate township in 1838.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 837 ft
Park Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Park Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Mendon Township | #503 | C+ | A− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Lockport Township | #533 | C | B | — | B | C |
| Flowerfield Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Schoolcraft Township | #241 | B+ | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
Park Township and Flowerfield Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Park Township, Mendon Township, Lockport Township, Flowerfield Township and Schoolcraft Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Park Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Park Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Park 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+.