Sumner TownshipMI
A town of 1,850, settled in 1869.
Is Sumner Township a good place to live?
Sumner Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 15 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on walkability. The median household income is $57K, and 17% of residents live below the poverty line. Only 67 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on hazard risk. The biggest park or preserve is Paul Hubscher Park, at 79 acres. Sumner Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sumner Township stand out
Where Sumner Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Sumner Township for work
Where Sumner Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Sumner Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Sumner Township is from typical.
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Moving to Sumner Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sumner 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 Sumner Township.
Sumner Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Sumner Township for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Sumner Township grew to 94 in 2021, 47 more than in 2011. Sumner Township’s average trip to work is 29 minutes, above both Michigan’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Sumner Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.1% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Sumner Township is less healthy than 72% of U.S. towns
Sumner Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Sumner Township, near the Michigan town median (27%) and above the median of U.S. towns (23%). 16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Sumner Township.
| Sumner Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Sumner Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.2% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 17.4% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A typical Sumner Township home is worth about $208K
The typical Sumner Township home is worth about $208,000, up 8.8% in a year, 21% below the Michigan typical home. The median rent in Sumner Township is $826 a month.
| Sumner Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $826 a month | $1,046 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Sumner Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Sumner Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Sumner Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.1% of Sumner Township is conserved land
2.4 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Sumner Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Sumner Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Paul Hubscher Park | 0.7 mi | 79 |
| 2. Sumner Centennial Park | — | 13 |
| 3. Elm Hall Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Sumner Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sumner Township
About 2 of every 100 Sumner Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Sumner Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Sumner Township is a civil township of Gratiot County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,863 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 778 ft
Sumner Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Sumner Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Township | — | — | A | — | B | C |
| Ferris Township | — | — | A | — | C | D |
| Arcada Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Seville Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C− |
Sumner Township, Ferris Township, Arcada Township and Seville Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Sumner Township, Ferris Township, Arcada Township and Seville Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sumner Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Sumner Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sumner 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.