Woodland TownshipMI
Public schools that outperform most of Michigan. Settled in 1848, this town now has 2,048 residents.
Is Woodland Township a good place to live?
Woodland Township’s best subject grade is an A− for schools; its weakest is a C for health. Woodland Township’s rent at the middle of the market is $643 a month, against $1,046 a month in Michigan’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. On civic life, just 103 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns do worse. Woodland Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Woodland Township stand out
Where Woodland Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Early Childhood Center | PK–K | 134 |
| Lakewood Middle School | 5–8 | 514 |
| Lakewood High School | 8–12 | 473 |
Typical home value
98% of working residents leave Woodland Township for work
Where Woodland Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Woodland Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Woodland Township is from typical.
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Moving to Woodland Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Woodland 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 Woodland Township.
Woodland Township’s public schools outperform 79% of Michigan districts
The largest public high school is Lakewood High School, with 473 students. The public schools here belong to the Lakewood Public Schools. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 514 | B |
| Lakewood High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 473 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Woodland Township’s workers commute out
Among residents in Woodland Township, 5.4% live below the poverty line. Commuting out is the norm here: 2% of working residents work locally. Between 2011 and 2021, jobs in Woodland Township dropped by 61, to 226. The median commute is under 24 miles.
| Woodland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 8% | 10% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Residents of Woodland Township are less healthy than 68% of U.S. towns
27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Woodland Township. The share of adults in Woodland Township who smoke cigarettes: 17%.
| Woodland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Woodland Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.4% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Woodland Township brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 83°; in January, nights fall to 16°, and about 68 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical home in Woodland Township is valued at about $271K
Woodland Township: 86% of households are owner-occupiers. Typical home values rose 4.2% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Conservation land takes up 1% of Woodland Township
The density of trails in Woodland Township is 0.1 miles per square mile. Count the trails in 3 parks and preserves and they come to 2.2 miles. Parks and preserves here: 3, covering 19 acres.
| Woodland Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Herald E Classic Park | 0.3 mi | 7 |
| 2. Jordan Lake Public Access | — | 10 |
| 3. Woodland Roadside Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Woodland Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
67% of Woodland Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 16%. On expected storm and flood damage, Woodland Township sits above 50% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Woodland Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Woodland Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Woodland Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Woodland Township
Village in Michigan, United States
Woodland is a village in Barry County, Michigan, United States. The population was 391 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Woodland Township.
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- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 869 ft
- ZIP code
- 48897
Woodland Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Woodland Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C |
| Sunfield Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Castleton Township | #528 | C | A− | — | C+ | C |
| Carlton Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | B− |
| Odessa Township | #130 | A− | A− | — | A− | B− |
Woodland Township, Sunfield Township and Carlton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Woodland Township, Sunfield Township, Castleton Township, Carlton Township and Odessa Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Woodland Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Woodland Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Woodland Township, MI a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Woodland 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+.