Wright TownshipMI
A town of 3,185, settled in 1848.
Is Wright Township a good place to live?
Wright Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, ranked 268th of 697 in Michigan, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 75% of Michigan towns. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 64% of the country. A typical home there costs about $321K, 3.9 years of the Grand Rapids metro’s $83K median household income. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Wright Township’s median age is 35 years, below both Michigan’s towns (42.5 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years).
What makes Wright Township stand out
Where Wright Township beats most towns.
How Wright Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Wright Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wright Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wright 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 Wright Township.
For schools, Wright Township earns an A−
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Divine Providence Academy at ST. Joseph PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 115 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Wright Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 2013, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wright Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Wright Township
Wright Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 75 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For health, Wright Township earns a B
30% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Wright Township. Wright Township beats the Michigan average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Wright Township.
| Wright Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Wright Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.1% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Wright Township
Wright Township has about as many jobs (1,559) as working residents, but only 98 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 1,004 in 2011 to 1,559.
Most working residents leave Wright Township for work: only 7% work in town. Jobs based in Wright Township grew to 1,559 in 2021, 555 more than in 2011. Wright Township’s average trip to work is 22 minutes.
| Wright Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Wright Township has set aside 1.4% of its land for conservation
3.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Wright Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Wright 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% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cole Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wright Township. Close and well known come first.
12 mi MuseumGerald R. Ford Presidential Museum29 mi Theme parkMichigan's Adventure
28 mi Park & preserveNorth Country Trail
15 mi MuseumFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park12 mi TheatreAcrisure Amphitheater
11 mi Zoo & aquariumJohn Ball ZooPhoto credits
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: Staff of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Public domain · North Country Trail: Huron-Manistee National Forests, Public domain · Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: User Jeffness on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 · John Ball Zoo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Wright Township
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Wright Township
About 3 of every 100 Wright Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Wright Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Wright Township is a civil township of Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,190 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 709 ft
Wright Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Wright Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Township | #268 | B+ | B− | — | A− | B |
| Alpine Township | #285 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Tallmadge Township | #181 | A− | C | — | A | A− |
| Chester Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Polkton Township | #307 | B | C+ | — | A− | B |
Chester Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Wright Township, Alpine Township, Tallmadge Township, Chester Township and Polkton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wright Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wright Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wright Township, MI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Wright Township grades B+ overall, better than 65% of U.S. towns and #268 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Wright 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−.