Wilson TownshipMI
A town of 1,872. 2.2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Wilson Township a good place to live?
The best of Wilson Township’s subject grades is an A+ for civic life; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On hazard risk, just 52 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better. Wilson Township's schools outperform 72% of the state's. Only 71 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on walkability. On civic life, just 52 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns do better. Darnton Family Nature Preserve, at 279 acres with 1.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Wilson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Wilson Township stand out
Where Wilson Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
98% of working residents leave Wilson Township for work
Where Wilson Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Wilson Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Wilson Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wilson Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wilson 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 Wilson Township.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Wilson Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 95% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Wilson Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Wilson Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2011, Wilson Township has lost 169 jobs, to 173 in 2021. Wilson Township’s average trip to work is 22 minutes, below both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Wilson Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Michigan overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 26% of residents (19% statewide). Wilson Township’s median age is 53.5 years, above both Michigan’s towns (42.5 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). 16% of residents are under 18 in Wilson Township.
| Wilson Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53.5 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 16% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.3 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Wilson Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.7% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.5% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.3% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.4% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.9% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.2% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.8% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.1% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.4% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.5% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Wilson Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Wilson Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Wilson Township is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Wilson Township is healthier than 62% of U.S. towns
Wilson Township beats the Michigan average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 30% of Wilson Township adults feel lonely.
| Wilson Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Wilson Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.6% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.1% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wilson Township has set aside 3.8% of its land for conservation
24 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. Wilson Township’s trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Wilson Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.8% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Avalanche Preserve Recreation Area | 9.6 mi | 203 |
| 2. Raven Ridge Nature Preserve | 1.7 mi | 144 |
| 3. Porter Creek Natural Area | 1.5 mi | 99 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Wilson Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wilson Township
About 4 of every 100 Wilson Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Wilson Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Wilson Township is a civil township of Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,858 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 34 sq mi
- Elevation
- 774 ft
Wilson Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Wilson Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | B |
| South Arm Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| Boyne City | #132 | A− | B− | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Boyne Valley Township | — | — | A | — | A− | B |
| Jordan Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Advance | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eveline Township | — | — | C− | — | B+ | B− |
Wilson Township, South Arm Township, Boyne Valley Township and Eveline Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wilson Township, South Arm Township, Boyne Valley Township and Eveline Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Jordan Township and Advance aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Wilson Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wilson Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wilson Township, MI a good place to live?
2.2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Wilson 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 B+.