Sandstone TownshipMI
A town of 3,873, settled in 1832.
Is Sandstone Township a good place to live?
Sandstone Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $231K, 3.5 years of the Jackson metro’s $66K median household income. It grades B overall, 314th of 697 graded towns in Michigan. On the plus side, the median household earns $98K. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Only 106 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors. 92% of households own their home in Sandstone Township, against 84% in Michigan’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
What makes Sandstone Township stand out
Where Sandstone Township beats most towns.
How Sandstone Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Sandstone Township is from typical.
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Moving to Sandstone Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sandstone 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 Sandstone Township.
Sandstone Township trades workers with Jackson and other neighbors and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Michigan; it also trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Low risk in Sandstone Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Sandstone Township’s public schools outperform 58% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Western School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parma Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 408 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Sandstone Township
The Albion weather station, 12 miles away, records that 40 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 79% of Michigan places with climate records.
Sandstone Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 17°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Sandstone Township
Sandstone Township has about as many jobs (1,631) as working residents, but only 83 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 1,146 in 2011 to 1,631.
Most working residents leave Sandstone Township for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Sandstone Township grew to 1,631 in 2021, 485 more than in 2011. 4.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Sandstone Township.
| Sandstone Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Sandstone Township is less healthy than 62% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,921 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sandstone Township’s, it is less healthy than 84%, so it trails even them.
Sandstone Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 40% of Sandstone Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Sandstone Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Sandstone Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults sleeping under 7 hours | 40.4% | 34.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer young adults than Michigan overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide); children under 18 are 26% of residents (21% statewide). 23% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Sandstone Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 26% | 29% |
| Median age | 41.9 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.7 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Sandstone Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.9% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.8% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.4% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.2% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.1% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.4% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.4% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.9% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,900, single groups can be off by several points
Everything we know about Sandstone Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Sandstone Township
About 3 of every 100 Sandstone Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Sandstone Township
Charter township in Michigan, United States
Sandstone Charter Township is a charter township of Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,927.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 991 ft
Sandstone Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Sandstone Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone Township | #314 | B | B | — | B | C+ |
| Tompkins Township | #606 | C− | B− | — | C+ | C |
| Parma Township | #564 | C | B | — | B+ | C− |
| Spring Arbor Township | #39 | A | B− | A | A− | B |
| Blackman Township | #657 | D | C+ | C− | C+ | C− |
Sandstone Township, Tompkins Township and Parma Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sandstone Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Sandstone Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sandstone Township, MI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Sandstone Township grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #314 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C+ for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Sandstone 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.