Pine TownshipMI
A town of 1,948.
Is Pine Township a good place to live?
Pine Township’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living and civic life; its weakest is a D for walkability. 14% of the land in Pine Township is conserved, against 4.4% in Michigan’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Langston State Game Area, at 3,222 acres with 5.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Pine Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Pine Township stand out
Where Pine Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Pine Township for work
Where Pine Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Pine Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Pine Township is from typical.
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Moving to Pine Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pine 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 Pine Township.
Top of a very low hazard risk in Pine Township: inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 85% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts just over half of Pine Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 16% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill Amish Par School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 32 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
On CDC estimates, Pine Township is less healthy than 78% of U.S. towns
22% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Pine Township, above both the Michigan town median (19%) and the median of U.S. towns (19%). The share of adults in Pine Township who report frequent physical distress: 16%.
| Pine Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Pine Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.5% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 17.9% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pine Township has 0.2 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
For half of commuters, work is under 29 miles away. Pine Township’s average trip to work comes in at 37 minutes. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. It had 142 jobs in 2021, up 57 from 2011.
| Pine Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 4.6% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Pine Township’s year
In Pine Township, the peak summer temperature is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Protected land: 14.1% of Pine Township
Across 3 parks and preserves: 10 miles of trail. Pine Township’s trail network density stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Langston State Game Area | 5.6 mi | 3,222 |
| 2. Farnsworth Park | — | 2 |
| 3. Rainbow Lake Public Access | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Pine Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pine Township
About 3 of every 100 Pine Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Pine Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Pine Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,870 according to the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 951 ft
Pine Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Pine Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C− |
| Douglass Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Cato Township | #430 | B− | A | — | B | C− |
| Maple Valley Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | C |
| Montcalm Township | #339 | B | A | — | A− | C |
Pine Township, Douglass Township and Maple Valley Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pine Township, Douglass Township, Cato Township, Maple Valley Township and Montcalm Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pine Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Pine Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pine 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 A−.