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A town of 5,338, settled in 1842. Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Trash & recyclingFor most people who can afford it, yes. Williamstown Township grades B+ overall, 237th among Michigan's 697 graded towns. Its public schools beat 90% of Michigan towns on state tests and graduation and the median household earns $115K. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $359K, 4.9 years of the Lansing metro’s $73K median household income. 55% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Williamstown Township, above both Michigan’s towns (26%) and U.S. towns (29%). On health, just 112 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better. St. Katherine's Chapel is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Williamstown Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Memorial Lutheran School | PK–5 | 36 |
Where Williamstown Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Williamstown Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 maps from 1909 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Williamstown 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Williamstown Township.
Williamstown Township has less tooth loss than most of Michigan and sends most of its workers to Lansing and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Michigan (mostly inland flooding).
Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $359K.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Lutheran School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 36 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Michigan is tooth loss: 5.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 10.2% statewide. Against the 6,481 U.S. towns with household incomes like Williamstown Township’s, it is healthier than 63%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Williamstown 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 Williamstown Township.
| Williamstown Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 25% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Williamstown 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
Williamstown Township has 548 jobs for its 2,310 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
1.5% of Williamstown Township residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Williamstown Township grew to 548 in 2021, 271 more than in 2011. Most working residents leave Williamstown Township for work: only 2% work in town.
| Williamstown Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $115,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.5% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
4.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Williamstown Township Park, at 69 acres with 1.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Williamstown Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 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. Williamstown Township Park | 1.8 mi | 69 |
| 2. Red Cedar Roadside Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Williamstown Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Williamstown Township is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Michigan towns, with expected losses of about $451 per resident a year; that rating is what its B− for hazard risk is built on.
Williamstown Township’s FEMA risk score is 62 of 100. Since 1985, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Williamstown Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Williamstown Township. Close and well known come first.
8 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
11 mi Zoo & aquariumPotter Park Zoo
12 mi MuseumR. E. Olds Transportation Museum
38 mi MuseumSloan Museum
9 mi GardenW. J. Beal Botanical Garden
8 mi GardenMichigan State University Horticulture GardensEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Potter Park Zoo: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0 · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · W. J. Beal Botanical Garden: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Michigan State University Horticulture Gardens: SweetCanadianMullet, CC BY-SA 4.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Williamstown Township
About 5 of every 100 Williamstown Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Williamstown Township is a civil township of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 5,286. The city of Williamston occupies the southeast corner of the township, but the two are administered autonomously.
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7 towns share a border with Williamstown Township.
Woodhull Township next door grades lower for schools (B to Williamstown Township’s A) and higher for cost of living (B− to D).
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown Township | #237 | B+ | D | — | A | A− |
| Williamston | #150 | A− | C | B+ | A | A− |
| Wheatfield Township | — | — | C | — | A | A− |
| Woodhull Township | #311 | B | B− | — | B | B |
| Locke Township | — | — | C | — | B | B+ |
| Meridian Township | #159 | A− | D | C+ | A | A |
| Haslett | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leroy Township | #167 | A− | B | — | A− | B+ |
Wheatfield Township and Locke Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Williamstown Township, Wheatfield Township, Woodhull Township, Locke Township and Leroy Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Haslett isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Williamstown Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Williamstown Township grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #237 of 697 in Michigan. It grades A− for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
