Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Redford Township grades D overall, 641st among Michigan's 697 graded towns, mostly because of safety. Its crime rate is higher than 88% of U.S. towns, with 312 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. One bright spot: natural-hazard risk is low. Redford Township’s violent crime rate is 6.6 per 1,000 residents, against 1.9 in Michigan’s towns and 1.6 across U.S. towns. Only 38 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns score lower on civic life. The biggest park or preserve is Lola Valley Park, at 66 acres.
Where Redford Township beats most towns.
Where Redford 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 Redford Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,834 in 1930, a peak of 71,901 in 1970, 49,504 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 8 maps from 1905 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Redford Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaMichigan Stadium
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaFord Field
13 mi Stadium & arenaComerica Park
7 mi MuseumThe Henry Ford1.8M visitors a year
13 mi TheatreFox Theatre
12 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 Redford 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 Redford Township.
Redford Township has homes that are cheap against local pay and has seen reported crime fall by a fifth or more, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Reported crimes fell from 1,518 to 1,144 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Redford Township’s property crime rate is 17.6 per 1,000 residents. Redford Township reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 88% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Two of its 25 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield Charter AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 730 | C− |
| Westfield Preparatory High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 834 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 61 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Redford Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 2.3 years of the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income, the typical home (about $174K) costs less against local pay than in 90% of Michigan towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living.
The typical Redford Township home is worth about $174,000, up 1.2% in a year, 34% below the Michigan typical home. The median rent in Redford Township is $1,365 a month.
| Redford Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,365 a month | $1,045 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 79% | 84% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Jobs based here fell from 11,413 in 2011 to 8,469.
Most working residents leave Redford Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Redford Township fell to 8,469 in 2021, 2,944 fewer than in 2011. The top destinations are Detroit (18%), Livonia (10%) and Southfield (7%).
| Redford Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
2.9 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves.
| Redford Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.5% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Claude Allison Park | 0.9 mi | 17 |
| 2. Bell Creek County Park | 0.3 mi | 55 |
| 3. Lola Valley Park | 0.1 mi | 66 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
43% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Redford Township. Redford Township beats the Michigan average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 15% of adults binge drink in Redford Township.
| Redford Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 34% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Redford Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 6.1% | 7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 14% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Redford Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are 14% of residents (19% statewide). Redford Township has lost 4.1% of its people since 2020, down to 47,432 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Redford Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.3 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 23% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 26% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.6 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 40.6, men 35.2.
| Redford Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.1% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.3% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.3% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.9% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.4% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.9% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.9% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.3% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.5% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
17 within 15 miles of the center of Redford Township
About 6 of every 100 Redford Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
9 notable people were born in Redford Township.
Township in Michigan, United States
Redford Township (commonly known simply as Redford) is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Redford borders Detroit to the west, roughly 15 miles (24.1 km) northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 49,504.
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3 towns share a border with Redford Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redford Township | #641 | D | C+ | D | C | C |
| Detroit | #680 | D | B+ | D− | C− | D− |
| Livonia | #182 | A− | C | C+ | A− | A− |
| Dearborn Heights | #594 | C− | C | C | B+ | C |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Redford Township grades D overall, better than 14% of U.S. towns and #641 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C for health, D for safety and C for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 2.3 years of the area's median household income ($76,664 across the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
9 notable people were born here, including Nick Nicholson and Eric Wilson.
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