Is Williams Township a good place to live?
Williams Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 329th of 697 graded towns in Michigan, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 72% of the country. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $87K. A typical home there costs about $178K, 2.9 years of the Bay City metro’s $62K median household income. The biggest park or preserve is Sygo Nature Preserve, at 71 acres.
What makes Williams Township stand out
Where Williams Township beats most towns.
How Williams Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Williams Township is from typical.
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USS Edson and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Williams Township. Close and well known come first.
12 mi MuseumUSS Edson
7 mi GardenDow Gardens
9 mi GardenChippewa Nature Center
12 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum
15 mi TheatreTemple Theatre16 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration SquarePhoto credits
USS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chippewa Nature Center: Christian Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Temple Theatre: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Williams Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Williams 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 Williams Township.
Williams Township earns a B+ for health
31% of Williams Township adults sleep under 7 hours, below both the Michigan town median (34%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). 30% of Williams Township adults feel lonely. Williams Township beats the Michigan average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Williams Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Williams Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.7% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.5% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Williams Township has set aside 1.6% of its land for conservation
Williams Township sits against 4.4% in Michigan’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns on this measure. 7.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Williams Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sygo Nature Preserve | — | 71 |
| 2. Williams Township Park | — | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Williams Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Williams Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Williams Township
Williams Township has about as many jobs (1,651) as working residents, but only 84 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Williams Township for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Williams Township grew to 1,651 in 2021, 151 more than in 2011. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Williams Township.
| Williams Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Michigan overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Williams Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 26% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.6 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Williams Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.8% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.6% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.8% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.2% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.5% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.4% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.2% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Low risk in Williams Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 2017, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Williams Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Williams Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Williams Township
About 5 of every 100 Williams Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Williams Township
Charter township in Michigan, United States
Williams Charter Township is a charter township of Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The township's population was 5,058 as of the 2020 Census and is included in the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 34 sq mi
- Elevation
- 633 ft
Williams Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Williams Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Township | #329 | B | C+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Midland | #65 | A | B− | B+ | A | A− |
| Monitor Township | #504 | C+ | C+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Tittabawassee Township | #263 | B+ | C | — | A | B+ |
| Beaver Township | #499 | C+ | C+ | — | B− | B+ |
Williams Township, Monitor Township, Tittabawassee Township and Beaver Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Williams Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Williams Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Williams Township, MI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Williams Township grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #329 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B+ for health and B− for schools.
Is Williams 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+.