Rome TownshipMI
A town of 1,780, settled in 1836.
Is Rome Township a good place to live?
Rome Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for civic life and history; its weakest is a D for walkability. Rome Township’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, against 25 minutes in Michigan’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Only 15 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors. Rome Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Rome Township for work
Where Rome Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Rome Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Rome Township is from typical.
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Moving to Rome Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rome 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 Rome Township.
Most of Rome Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Rome Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Rome Township grew to 139 in 2021, 35 more than in 2011. The top destinations are Adrian (18%), Madison Township (4%) and Tecumseh (3%).
| Rome Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Rome Township is less healthy than 70% of U.S. towns
Rome Township tracks Michigan closely on all 32 CDC measures. 41% of Rome Township adults have obesity, above both the Michigan town median (37%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Rome Township.
| Rome Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 36% | 35% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Rome Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Rome Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Rome Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Rome Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Rome Township
About 3 of every 100 Rome Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Rome Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Rome Township is a civil township of Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,824 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 896 ft
Rome Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Rome Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome Township | — | — | B | — | B | C |
| Adrian Township | #257 | B+ | B | A | B− | C− |
| Rollin Township | #467 | C+ | B | — | B | C |
| Cambridge Township | #294 | B | B− | A− | B | B− |
| Dover Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C− |
Rome Township and Dover Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Rome Township, Rollin Township and Dover Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Rome Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Rome Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rome 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 B.