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Rich TownshipMI

A town of 1,502.

Population
1,502
2025 Census estimate · +0.3% since 2020
Median home value
$279K
Census ACS
Household income
$66K
median
Median age
40.2
years
Jobs based here
35
A commuter town

Is Rich Township a good place to live?

Rich Township’s best subject grade is a B+ for schools; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 61 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors. Rich Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

WeakestDWalkabilityCHealth

What makes Rich Township stand out

Where Rich Township beats most towns.

30Low riskLowerHigher
Natural hazardsB+
Low risk of storm and flood damage
FEMA National Risk Index.
A commuter town

99% of working residents leave Rich Township for work

Where Rich Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

8% → Lapeer Lapeer 8% 6% → North Branch Township North Branch Township 6% 5% → Marlette Marlette 5% 4% → Detroit Detroit 4% 3% → Burlington Township Burlington Township 3% 3% → Sterling Heights Sterling Heights 3% Rich Township · 1% stay
35jobs based in Rich Township
1%of working residents work in town
31 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2021

How Rich Township grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Rich Township is from typical.

How grading works

WalkabilityEPA walkability 2 of 20; 4.4% of households have no car; 1.3% of workers walk, bike or ride transitDOpen →HealthMarlette Regional Hospital 11.4 miles awayCOpen →Hazard riskinland flooding tops the listB+Open →Jobs & income$66K median household income; 35 jobs based hereCOpen →SchoolsBeat 68% of Michigan districts on tests and graduationB+Open →Cost of livingTypical home $279K, 3.6 years of the Detroit metro’s $77K median household incomeC+Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors2 miles of trails; 2% conserved landDOpen →HistoryBOpen →Civic life1.8 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsBOpen →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
Climate–Open →Who lives hereMedian age 40.2; 15% of adults have a four-year degree–Open →

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Rich Township: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Rich Township, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerDTE20.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Rich Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsNorth Branch Area SchoolsMayville Community School District2 districts serve Rich Township; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereRich Township ClerkThe town itself; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Nov 2025
ZIP codes48760, 48435, 48744, 4846148760 27% · 48435 27% · 48744 26% · 48461 19%Census 2020

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 Rich Township.

Work & commuteJobs & income grade C

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Rich Township’s workers commute out

Rich Township: 7.2% of workers work remotely from home. Most people who work leave Rich Township to do it: just 1% work in town. Its typical journey to work comes in at 38 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 31 miles.

1%work in town
Rich TownshipMichigan townsU.S. towns
Average trip to work38 minutes25 minutes25 minutes
Working residents who work in town0.7%5.9%8%
Work from home7.2%10%11%
Below the poverty line6.5%8.9%9.6%

Where working residents work

In Rich Township1%
Lapeer8%
North Branch Township6%
Marlette5%
Detroit4%
31 mi
median commute distance
35
jobs based in Rich Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
D
Walkability grade: more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns
Full pageRich Township’s work & commute pageOpen the page
The jobs here35 jobs based here · A commuter townWhere people work1% work in Rich TownshipCommute times38 minutes · The average commuteHow far they goHalf commute less than 31 miles

Census LEHD 2021 · ACS

HealthC

Residents of Rich Township are less healthy than 72% of U.S. towns

In Rich Township, nearly two in five adults have obesity, against 37% in Michigan’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 16% of adults report frequent physical distress here.

28%healthier than U.S. townsCHealth Grade
Rich TownshipMichigan townsU.S. towns
Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES)18%15%14%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)16%14%14%
Depression (CDC PLACES)27%27%23%
Obesity (CDC PLACES)39%37%35%
32 measures vs. Michigan
0 better26 too close to call6 worse
What stands outRich TownshipMI
More older adults who have lost all their teeth13.6%10.2%
More adults with COPD9.8%8.1%
More smokers17.6%14.6%
Marlette Regional Hospital
11.4 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
Full pageRich Township’s health reportOpen the page
Everyday habitsMore smokersHospitals & doctors nearby11.4 miles to an ER · Marlette Regional HospitalHow adults are doingMore adults in frequent physical distressEvery CDC estimateBetter than MI on 0 of 32

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B+

Rich Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding

FEMA puts 57% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 17% to cold waves. Rich Township’s natural-hazard score from FEMA comes in at 30 of 100. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.

30risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
30Low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes
Full pageRich Township’s hazards pageOpen the page
What it facesLow riskFlood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on recordPast disasters8 disaster declarations · Declared for the countyGet ready0.6 events a year, on average · Ready for inland flooding

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

Rich Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers

The midsummer high for Rich Township comes to 82°F, near the Michigan town median (82°F) and below the median of U.S. towns (85°F).

49″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter18–32°
Spring35–56°
Summer58–80°
Fall41–60°
Oct 14
typical first frost
May 4
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
Full pageRich Township’s climate pageOpen the page
A year of weatherJuly highs 82°, January lows 16°Rain & snow49″ of snow a winter · 33 inches of rain and snow a yearHeating & coolingMostly a heating billThen and now+1.7° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

OutdoorsD

Rich Township keeps 1.9% of its land conserved

2.4 miles of trail. In Rich Township, the trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.

1.9%conserved
Rich TownshipMichigan townsU.S. towns
Miles of trail per square mile0.1 miles per square mile0.30.4
Conserved land1.9%4.4%4.3%
1.9%
conserved · 427 of 22,408 acres
2.4 mi
of trails · 0.1 per sq mi
Full pageRich Township’s outdoors pageOpen the page
Trail map2.4 miles of trail, mappedPick a walkPick a walkConserved land1.9% conserved · 427 acres protectedQuestions“Where can I hike in Rich Township?”

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Rich Township

17pages on Rich Township
The big questions
SchoolsB+Beat 68% of MI districtsHealthCBetter than MI on 0 of 32 CDC measuresCost of livingC+Work & commuteC$66K median household income · 35 jobs hereNatural hazardsB+FEMA risk higher than 30% of U.S. communities · inland flooding
Out and about
OutdoorsD2 mi of trails · 2% conserved landPlacesAttractions21 nearby · Crossroads Village (Michigan) 22 miLibraryBWatertown Township LibraryColleges
The story
Town Hall & politicsClimate82° summer highs · 49″ of snow
Day to day
NewsWeatherHandbookTown SquareNeighbors
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Rich Township; the nearest are

Mott Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Flint26.1 mi$6,845 in-state tuitionUniversity of Michigan-FlintUniversity or college · Public · Flint26.9 mi$14,704 in-state tuition

About 5 of every 100 Rich Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.

Prices by family income, graduation and earnings →

About Rich Township

Civil township in Michigan, United States

Rich Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,500 at the 2020 Census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
35 sq mi
Elevation
778 ft

Rich Township’s neighbors

4 towns share a border with Rich Township.

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Burlington TownshipWatertown TownshipDeerfield TownshipDayton TownshipBurlington TownshipWatertown TownshipDeerfield TownshipDayton TownshipRich Township
Burlington Township
E · 3% of Rich Township workers commute here
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Watertown Township
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Deerfield Township
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Dayton Township
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How the neighbors grade
TownMI rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Rich Township——C+—B+C
Burlington Township——A−—B+C
Watertown Township——A−—B−C−
Deerfield Township#201B+A−—B+C+
Dayton Township——B−—BC−

Rich Township, Burlington Township, Watertown Township and Dayton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Rich Township, Burlington Township, Watertown Township, Deerfield Township and Dayton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Rich Township with a neighbor →

Questions about Rich Township

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Rich 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+.