Is Valley Township a good place to live?
Valley Township’s best subject grade is an A+ for the outdoors; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Valley Township’s median age is 49.8 years, where Michigan’s towns sit at 42.5 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. 64% of the land in Valley Township is conserved, above both the Michigan town median (4.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Allegan State Game Area, 14,490 acres with 38.7 miles of trail. On the outdoors, just 33 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better. Valley Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Valley Township has grown 16% since 2010
2,018 counted in 2010 and 2,221 in 2020; an estimated 2,337 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Valley Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Valley Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Valley Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Valley 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 Valley Township.
Nearly a third of Valley Township is conserved land
41 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Valley Township is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Allegan State Game Area | 38.7 mi | 14,490 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Valley Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Valley Township for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Valley Township fell to 75 in 2021, 125 fewer than in 2011. Valley Township’s average trip to work is 28 minutes.
| Valley Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Valley Township is less healthy than 70% of U.S. towns
Valley Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 17% of adults smoke cigarettes in Valley Township.
| Valley Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Valley Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 17.2% | 14.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Valley Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Valley Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 18° and about 109 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Valley Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Valley Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Valley Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Valley Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
99% of working residents leave Valley Township for work
Where Valley Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Valley Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Valley Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,221 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 659 ft
Valley Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Valley Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C |
| Allegan Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Heath Township | #234 | B+ | B | — | B | B− |
| Clyde Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Cheshire Township | — | — | A− | — | C | D |
Valley Township, Clyde Township and Cheshire Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Valley Township, Heath Township, Clyde Township and Cheshire Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Allegan Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Valley Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Valley Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Valley 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−.