Ronald TownshipMI
A town of 1,899, settled in 1870.
Is Ronald Township a good place to live?
Ronald Township’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Ronald Township’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, against 25 minutes in Michigan’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Only 8 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on cost of living. On the outdoors, just 46 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Ronald Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Ronald Township for work
Where Ronald Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Ronald Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Ronald Township is from typical.
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Moving to Ronald Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ronald 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 Ronald Township.
Ronald Township is less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns
Ronald Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Ronald Township, above both the Michigan town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). 43% of Ronald Township adults have obesity.
| Ronald Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Ronald Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.8% | 10.2% |
| More smokers | 19.3% | 14.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 9% | 6.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Ronald Township’s schools trail 54% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Ionia Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| RB Boyce Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 254 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Michigan and the rest of the country, fewer of Ronald Township’s working residents work locally
Among 702 Michigan towns, just 1 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Ronald Township. Since 2011, Ronald Township has lost 29 jobs, to 35 in 2021. The median household income in Ronald Township is $63,000.
| Ronald Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.9% | 10% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Ronald Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Ronald Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 54 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Ronald Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Woodard Lake Public Access | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Ronald Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Ronald Township
About 4 of every 100 Ronald Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Ronald Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Ronald Township is a civil township of Ionia County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,861 at the 2020 census. Ronald Township was formed in 1845 from parts of Lyons and Ionia townships, and given its name by state representative A. L. Roof, who said he was inspired by the lead character in a novel he was reading at the time. (This may have been Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem The Lord of the Isles, in which the protagonist is named Ronald.)
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 830 ft
Ronald Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Ronald Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C− |
| North Plains Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| Ionia Township | #544 | C | A− | — | B− | C |
| Bushnell Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Orleans Township | #468 | C+ | A | — | B− | C− |
Ronald Township, North Plains Township and Bushnell Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Ronald Township, North Plains Township, Ionia Township, Bushnell Township and Orleans Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Ronald Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Ronald Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ronald Township, MI expensive?
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 A+.