Rolland TownshipMI
A town of 1,442.
Is Rolland Township a good place to live?
The best of Rolland Township’s subject grades are a B+ for civic life and a B for history; the weakest is a D for incomes. On incomes, just 68 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Homes are expensive, about $210K for a typical one and 3.8 times the Mount Pleasant area’s $55K median household income. The biggest park or preserve is Edmore State Game Area, at 271 acres. Rolland Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Rolland Township stand out
Where Rolland Township beats most towns.
1,442 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Rolland Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Rolland Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Rolland Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rolland 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 Rolland Township.
Residents of Rolland Township are less healthy than 79% of U.S. towns
Rolland Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Rolland Township, above both Michigan’s towns (27%) and U.S. towns (23%). 18% of Rolland Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Rolland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Rolland Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.3% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 18.2% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very low risk in Rolland Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Rolland Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Rolland Township for work: only 2% work in town. 21% of residents live below the poverty line in Rolland Township, against 8.9% in Michigan’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Rolland Township fell to 125 in 2021, 512 fewer than in 2011.
| Rolland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
In Rolland Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Rolland Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Rolland Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Rolland Township has set aside 2.7% of its land for conservation
2.9 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Rolland Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Rolland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Edmore State Game Area | 0.5 mi | 271 |
| 2. Millpond Park | — | 113 |
| 3. Payden Park | — | 37 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Rolland Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Rolland Township
About 2 of every 100 Rolland Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
98% of working residents leave Rolland Township for work
Where Rolland Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Rolland Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Rolland Township is a civil township of Isabella County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,406 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 889 ft
Questions about Rolland Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rolland 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.