Wheatfield TownshipMI
A town of 1,659, settled in 1851. 25% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Wheatfield Township a good place to live?
The best of Wheatfield Township’s subject grades are an A for incomes and schools and an A− for health; the weakest is a C for cost of living. Only 35 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on incomes. On the outdoors, just 63 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Wheatfield Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 82% of U.S. towns. Wheatfield Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Wheatfield Township stand out
Where Wheatfield Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Wheatfield Township for work
Where Wheatfield Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Wheatfield Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Wheatfield Township is from typical.
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Moving to Wheatfield Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wheatfield 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 Wheatfield Township.
Wheatfield Township ranks healthier than 81% of the country’s towns
Wheatfield Township beats the Michigan average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of adults get no exercise outside work in Wheatfield Township, against 25% in Michigan’s towns and 25% across U.S. towns. 32% of Wheatfield Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Wheatfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 25% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Wheatfield Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.9% | 10.2% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.1% | 15.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of Michigan and the rest of the country, fewer of Wheatfield Township’s residents live below the poverty line
1.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Wheatfield Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 8.9% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Wheatfield Township’s median household income is $117,000. Jobs based in Wheatfield Township fell to 140 in 2021, 33 fewer than in 2011.
| Wheatfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $117,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.9% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 17% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Wheatfield Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Wheatfield Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 46 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Wheatfield Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Michigan Stadium and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wheatfield Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaMichigan Stadium
11 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
39 mi Park & preserveDomino's Farms
12 mi Zoo & aquariumPotter Park Zoo
38 mi TheatreMichigan Theater
13 mi MuseumR. E. Olds Transportation MuseumPhoto credits
Michigan Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Domino's Farms: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0 · Potter Park Zoo: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Michigan Theater: mrkumm, CC BY 2.0 · R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0
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Everything we know about Wheatfield Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Wheatfield Township
About 5 of every 100 Wheatfield Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Wheatfield Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Wheatfield Township is a civil township of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,665 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 29 sq mi
- Elevation
- 909 ft
Wheatfield Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Wheatfield Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatfield Township | — | — | C | — | A | A− |
| Williamston | #150 | A− | C | B+ | A | A− |
| Leroy Township | #167 | A− | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Williamstown Township | #237 | B+ | D | — | A | A− |
| Ingham Township | — | — | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Alaiedon Township | #214 | B+ | C | — | A− | A− |
Wheatfield Township and Ingham Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wheatfield Township, Leroy Township, Williamstown Township, Ingham Township and Alaiedon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wheatfield Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wheatfield Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wheatfield Township, MI a good place to live?
25% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Wheatfield 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 C.