Winfield TownshipMI
A town of 2,406.
Is Winfield Township a good place to live?
Winfield Township’s weakest subject grade is a C for health. Winfield Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, where Michigan’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. Winfield Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Winfield Township for work
Where Winfield Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Winfield Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Winfield Township is from typical.
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Moving to Winfield Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Winfield 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 Winfield Township.
Winfield Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Winfield Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Winfield Township for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (14%), Rockford (5%) and Reynolds Township (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.
| Winfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 12% | 10% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Health in Winfield Township trails 73% of U.S. towns
Winfield Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 18% of Winfield Township adults smoke cigarettes, against 15% in Michigan’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Winfield Township.
| Winfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Winfield Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 18.3% | 14.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.6% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Winfield Township
Winfield Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 14° and about 73 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Winfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Krampe Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Winfield Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Winfield Township; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Winfield Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Winfield Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Winfield Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 2,279.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 942 ft
Winfield Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Winfield Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield Township | — | — | B | — | B− | C |
| Reynolds Township | #243 | B+ | A+ | — | B | C |
| Deerfield Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | D |
| Maple Valley Township | — | — | A+ | — | B | C |
| Cato Township | #430 | B− | A | — | B | C− |
Winfield Township, Deerfield Township and Maple Valley Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Winfield Township, Reynolds Township, Deerfield Township, Maple Valley Township and Cato Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Winfield Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Winfield Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Winfield 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.