Is Prairieville Township a good place to live?
Prairieville Township grades B− overall, ranked 362nd of 697 in Michigan, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its public schools beat 78% of Michigan towns on state tests and graduation and natural-hazard risk is low. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 62% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $407K for a typical one and 4.9 times the Grand Rapids metro’s $83K median household income. 9.7% of residents are under 18 in Prairieville Township, below both Michigan’s towns (21%) and U.S. towns (22%). Lux Arbor Reserve, at 1,244 acres with 7.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Among 701 Michigan towns, just 5 have a higher median age than Prairieville Township.
What makes Prairieville Township stand out
Where Prairieville Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Prairieville Township for work
Where Prairieville Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Prairieville Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Prairieville Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Prairieville Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Prairieville 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 Prairieville Township.
Prairieville Township is a second-home town, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Kalamazoo and beyond.
Very low risk in Prairieville Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Prairieville Township
Prairieville Township has 195 jobs for its 1,382 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Prairieville Township for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Prairieville Township is 31 minutes. Jobs based in Prairieville Township grew to 195 in 2021, 78 more than in 2011.
| Prairieville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Older than Michigan overall
15.4% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes, against 5.5% statewide, which helps explain the older median age.
People 65 and older are 31% of residents (19% statewide); children under 18 are 10% of residents (21% statewide). 37% of Prairieville Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.8 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Prairieville Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 2.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.6% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.5% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 21.1% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.2% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.6% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.9% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 28.7% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.4% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.3% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,400, single groups can be off by several points
Conserved land covers 6.2% of Prairieville Township
8.7 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Prairieville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.2% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lux Arbor Reserve | 7.1 mi | 1,244 |
| 2. Prairieville Township Park | — | 4 |
| 3. Lower Crooked Lake Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Prairieville Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Prairieville Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 65 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Prairieville Township’s grade for health is a B
Against the 10,253 U.S. towns with household incomes like Prairieville Township’s, it is healthier than 81%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
32% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Prairieville Township. Prairieville Township beats the Michigan average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of adults feel lonely in Prairieville Township.
| Prairieville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 27% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Prairieville Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.3% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.5% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Air Zoo and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Prairieville Township. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
36 mi MuseumGerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
33 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
4 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year
36 mi MuseumFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park35 mi TheatreAcrisure AmphitheaterPhoto credits
Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: Staff of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Public domain · North Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: User Jeffness on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5
Everything we know about Prairieville Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Prairieville Township
About 9 of every 100 Prairieville Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Prairieville Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Prairieville Township is a civil township of Barry County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,334 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 912 ft
Prairieville Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Prairieville Township.
Orangeville Township next door grades lower for schools (C+ to Prairieville Township’s A−) and higher for cost of living (B+ to C).
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairieville Township | #362 | B− | C | — | A− | B |
| Orangeville Township | #425 | B− | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Barry Township | #45 | A | B+ | — | A− | B |
| Gun Plain Township | #178 | A− | A− | — | B | B |
| Richland Township | #77 | A | C+ | — | A | A− |
| Delton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Prairieville Township, Orangeville Township, Barry Township, Gun Plain Township and Richland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Delton isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Prairieville Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Prairieville Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Prairieville Township, MI a good place to live?
Prairieville Township grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #362 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B for health and A− for schools.
Is Prairieville Township, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.