Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Quincy Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $161K, 2.5 years of the Coldwater area’s $64K median household income. It grades B− overall, ranked 397th of 697 in Michigan. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. 23% of residents are 65 or older in Quincy Township, against 19% in Michigan’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Quincy Park, at 67 acres.
Where Quincy Township beats most towns.
Where Quincy 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 Quincy Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,092 in 1870, 1,554 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 3 maps from 1960 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Quincy 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 Quincy Township.
Most working residents leave Quincy Township for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2011, Quincy Township has added 163 jobs, to 750 in 2021. The average trip to work in Quincy Township is 22 minutes.
| Quincy Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.6% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Quincy Community Schools. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Quincy High School, with 346 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennings Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 408 | B |
| Quincy High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 346 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Quincy Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 28% of Quincy Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Quincy Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 36% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Quincy Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.7% | 10.2% |
| More smokers | 17.6% | 14.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Quincy Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 43 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of Michigan towns, with expected losses of about $305 per resident a year; that rating is what its B for hazard risk is built on.
Quincy Township’s FEMA risk score is 57 of 100. Since 2013, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Quincy Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Quincy Park | 0.2 mi | 67 |
| 2. Marble Lake Public Access | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Quincy Township. Close and well known come first.
23 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic20 mi Theme parkFun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo25 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park Zoo
12 mi MuseumE.O. Grosvenor House
32 mi MuseumKingman Museum
13 mi GardenSlayton ArboretumAmerican Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · E.O. Grosvenor House: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Kingman Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Slayton Arboretum: Brother Atticus, CC0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Quincy Township
About 3 of every 100 Quincy Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Village in Michigan, United States
Quincy is a village in Branch County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,554 at the 2020 census. The village is centered along U.S. Route 12 within Quincy Township.
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4 towns share a border with Quincy Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Township | #397 | B− | B+ | — | B | C |
| Allen Township | — | — | A− | — | B | D |
| Coldwater Township | #518 | C | B+ | — | B | C− |
| Algansee Township | — | — | B− | — | B | C− |
| Butler Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | C |
Allen Township, Algansee Township and Butler Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Quincy Township, Allen Township, Coldwater Township, Algansee Township and Butler Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Quincy Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Quincy Township grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #397 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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+.
