Roxand TownshipMI
A town of 1,755.
Is Roxand Township a good place to live?
The best of Roxand Township’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living and incomes; the weakest is a D for walkability. Roxand Township's schools outperform 76% of the state's. 91% of households own their home in Roxand Township, against 84% in Michigan’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 100 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Roxand Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Roxand Township stand out
Where Roxand Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Roxand Township for work
Where Roxand Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Roxand Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Roxand Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Roxand Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Roxand 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 Roxand Township.
Most of Roxand Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Roxand Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2011, Roxand Township has added 22 jobs, to 143 in 2021. 5.3% of Roxand Township residents live below the poverty line, below both the Michigan town median (8.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Roxand Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Roxand Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Roxand Township since 2015.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Roxand Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Roxand Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Michigan overall
People 65 and older are 24% of residents (19% statewide). 19% of Roxand Township residents are under 18. 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Roxand Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 26% | 29% |
| Median age | 44.4 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 34% and 56% women
The Census survey reached too few of Roxand Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±11.2 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Roxand Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.6% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.5% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.9% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.7% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.3% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.7% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.2% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.9% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.1% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.5% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Roxand Township ranks healthier than 54% of the country’s towns
Roxand Township beats the Michigan average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Roxand Township.
| Roxand Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Roxand Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.5% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.6% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
North Country Trail and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roxand Township. Close and well known come first.
26 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
22 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
39 mi MuseumFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
39 mi Theme parkRamona Park
19 mi Zoo & aquariumPotter Park Zoo
33 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a yearPhoto credits
North Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: User Jeffness on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Ramona Park: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Potter Park Zoo: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Roxand Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Roxand Township
About 2 of every 100 Roxand Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Roxand Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Roxand Township is a civil township of Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,848 at the 2010 census, and went down to 1,748 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 889 ft
Roxand Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Roxand Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxand Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | B− |
| Sunfield Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Oneida Township | #300 | B | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Chester Township | — | — | B | — | B− | C+ |
| Danby Township | #216 | B+ | A− | — | B | B |
Roxand Township, Sunfield Township and Chester Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Roxand Township, Sunfield Township, Oneida Township, Chester Township and Danby Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Roxand Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Roxand Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Roxand 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−.