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Ypsilanti Township grades B− overall, 411th of 697 graded towns in Michigan, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Residents are healthier than 75% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and it has 36 miles of trail. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 72% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $234K, 2.6 years of the Ann Arbor metro’s $89K median household income. Only 62 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on walkability. Ypsilanti Township’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, above both the Michigan town median (0.3) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest place to walk is Rolling Hills Park, 363 acres with 11.1 miles of trail.
Where Ypsilanti Township beats most towns.
10.6% of the town is conserved land, across 25 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Ypsilanti Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Its founding year, 1823, comes before those of 94% of the Michigan towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 3,955 in 1860, a peak of 29,538 in 1970, 20,648 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1878 and 7 maps from 1902 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ypsilanti Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaMichigan Stadium
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaFord Field
30 mi Stadium & arenaComerica Park
20 mi MuseumThe Henry Ford1.8M visitors a year
29 mi TheatreFox Theatre
8 mi Park & preserveDomino's FarmsMichigan Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ford Field: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Comerica Park: City of Detroit, Public domain · The Henry Ford: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fox Theatre: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Domino's Farms: Dwight Burdette, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ypsilanti 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 Ypsilanti Township.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rolling Hills Park | 11.1 mi | 363 |
| 2. Hewen's Creek Park | 6.3 mi | 190 |
| 3. Ford Lake Park | 2.3 mi | 86 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Three of its 17 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortis AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 681 | C |
| Washtenaw International High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 493 | A+ |
| Washtenaw International Middle AcademyTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 249 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Against the 10,499 U.S. towns with household incomes like Ypsilanti Township’s, it is healthier than 92%, so its A− isn’t only a matter of income.
29% of adults have high blood pressure in Ypsilanti Township, against 36% in Michigan’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 28% of Ypsilanti Township adults have been diagnosed with depression. Ypsilanti Township beats the Michigan average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Ypsilanti Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 36% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 25% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Ypsilanti Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.8% | 7% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.3% | 8.9% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 9.9% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Ypsilanti Township for work: only 6% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Ypsilanti Township. Since 2011, Ypsilanti Township has added 1,298 jobs, to 11,962 in 2021.
| Ypsilanti Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 2021, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Ypsilanti Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Ypsilanti Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 61 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 28% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 14% of residents (19% statewide). Ypsilanti Township’s median age is 35.2 years. Ypsilanti Township has lost 3.5% of its people since 2020, down to 53,721 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Ypsilanti Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35.2 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 26% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 21% | 22% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.3 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 36.6, men 33.8.
| Ypsilanti Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.8% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.6% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.6% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.6% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.7% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.9% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.2% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.1% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
4 within 15 miles of the center of Ypsilanti Township
About 9 of every 100 Ypsilanti Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Where Ypsilanti Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
City in Michigan, United States
Ypsilanti ( IP-sə-LAN-tee), commonly shortened to Ypsi ( IP-see), is a city and college town located on the Huron River in Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 20,648. The city is bounded to the north by Superior Charter Township and on the west, south, and east by Ypsilanti Charter Township (a separately governed municipality). Ypsilanti is a part of the Ann Arbor–Ypsilanti metropolitan area, the Huron River Valley, and the Detroit–Warren–Ann Arbor combined statistical area. Ypsilanti is known for being the home of Eastern Michigan University (formerly the Michigan State Normal College) since the university's founding as Michigan's fir…
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5 towns share a border with Ypsilanti Township.
Pittsfield Township next door grades higher for schools (A to Ypsilanti Township’s C) and lower for cost of living (D to C+).
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ypsilanti Township | #411 | B− | C+ | — | C | A− |
| Ypsilanti | #524 | C | B | D | C− | B+ |
| Superior Township | #200 | B+ | C | — | A | A− |
| Pittsfield Township | #218 | B+ | D | C | A | A |
| Van Buren Township | #605 | C− | C | C | C+ | B− |
| Augusta Township | #323 | B | B− | — | C | A− |
Ypsilanti Township, Superior Township and Augusta Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Ypsilanti Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Ypsilanti Township grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #411 of 697 in Michigan. It grades A− for health and C for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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