Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Health is where it shines: it is healthier than 94% of U.S. towns. Schools are a strength too — its schools rank ahead of 93% of Michigan towns. What counts against it is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $401K, 5.2 years of the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income. All told, that adds up to an A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns. It ranks 26th of 697 in Michigan. Plymouth Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Carlton D. Wall House and Tivadar and Dorothy Balogh House. 59% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town, where Michigan’s towns sit at 26% and U.S. towns at 29%.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Plymouth Township beats most towns.
Where Plymouth 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 Plymouth Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 820 in 1860, 9,370 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1924 and a map from 1905 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Plymouth Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaMichigan Stadium
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaFord Field
23 mi Stadium & arenaComerica Park
14 mi MuseumThe Henry Ford1.8M visitors a year
23 mi TheatreFox Theatre
22 mi MuseumDetroit Institute of ArtsMichigan Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ford Field: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Comerica Park: City of Detroit, Public domain · The Henry Ford: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fox Theatre: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Detroit Institute of Arts: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Plymouth 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 Plymouth Township.
Plymouth Township draws workers from Canton Township and beyond, has less food insecurity than most of Michigan and has seen reported crime fall by about half.
Its widest gap with Michigan is food insecurity: 7.5% of its 33,446 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide.
7.5% of adults worry about having enough food in Plymouth Township. The town beats the Michigan average on 24 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Plymouth Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Plymouth Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.5% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.7% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Three of its 11 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The Plymouth-Canton Community Schools runs its public schools. The 4 public schools in Plymouth Township teach 2,123 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 827 | A |
| Ivywood Classical AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades K–10 | Grades K–10 | 613 | A |
| Plymouth Scholars Charter AcademyTop results in townGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 823 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
28,005 jobs are based in Plymouth Township, 2.3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 18,468 in 2011 to 28,005.
For Plymouth Township, the median household income is $117,000. Just 8% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Plymouth Township added 9,537 jobs between 2011 and 2021, to 28,005. The share of workers in Plymouth Township who work from home: 26%.
| Plymouth Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 26% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $117,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
One declared disaster, in 1999, has brought federal aid to Plymouth Township households. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 96% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 1981: 6. FEMA puts 54% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 16% to tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
There are 9.6 miles of trail across 15 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Hines Parkway, at 223 acres. For Plymouth Township, the trail network density is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Plymouth Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.6% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Plymouth Township Park | 0.9 mi | 51 |
| 2. Hines Parkway | 0.8 mi | 223 |
| 3. Lake Pointe Soccer Park | 0.4 mi | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Reported crimes fell from 265 to 139 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 17 reported in 2025, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
Plymouth Township’s rate of reported violence stands at 0.6 per 1,000 residents. In Plymouth Township, the level of property crime is 4.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Plymouth Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.5 per 1,000 residents | 8 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 61 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
11 within 15 miles of the center of Plymouth Township
About 4 of every 100 Plymouth Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
City in Michigan, United States
Plymouth is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Plymouth is located roughly 27 miles (43.5 km) northwest of downtown Detroit, and 18 miles (29.0 km) northeast of Ann Arbor. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 9,370. It is surrounded by, but independent of, Plymouth Township.
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3 towns share a border with Plymouth Township.
At #26 in MI, it grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Northville Township (A+) comes closest.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth Township | #26 | A+ | C− | A− | A | A |
| Northville Township | #30 | A+ | D | A− | A+ | A+ |
| Canton Township | #139 | A− | C− | B− | A | A |
| Livonia | #182 | A− | C | C+ | A− | A− |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Plymouth Township grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #26 of 697 in Michigan. It grades A for health, A− for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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