Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,525, settled in 1873.
Allouez Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living, the outdoors, and civic life; its weakest is a D− for incomes. Allouez Township’s July high is 75°F, where Michigan’s towns sit at 82°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Only 28 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on incomes. Allouez Township’s trail density is 1.7 miles per square mile, above both the Michigan town median (0.3) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). On the outdoors, just 121 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better. Sand Hills Light Station is on the National Register of Historic Places. Allouez Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Allouez Township beats most towns.
Where Allouez Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Allouez Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1919.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Allouez 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 Allouez Township.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 85% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Public Schools of Calumet Laurium & Keweenaw. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHSHorizons SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 73 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Allouez Township for work: only 7% work in town. 18% of residents live below the poverty line in Allouez Township. Jobs based in Allouez Township grew to 123 in 2021, 50 more than in 2011.
| Allouez Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $45,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
28% of Allouez Township residents are 65 or older. Allouez Township has grown 6.7% since 2020, to 1,525 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Allouez Township’s median age is 48.7 years.
| Allouez Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 28% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 48.7 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 26% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.5 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 94% are women (MI 49%).
| Allouez Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.9% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.1% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.6% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.5% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.4% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 23% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.1% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.2% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Allouez Township has cold winters and cool summers. The January low in Allouez Township is 10°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Allouez Township beats the Michigan average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Allouez Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 36% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Allouez Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.2% | 11.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 15.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
93 miles of trail in 12 parks and preserves. Copper Country State Forest- Baraga Unit, at 627 acres with 1.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Black Creek Nature Sanctuary | 2.6 mi | 265 |
| 2. Copper Country State Forest- Baraga Unit | 1.1 mi | 627 |
| 3. Conglomerate Falls Natural Area | 0.9 mi | 260 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Allouez Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi LakeLake Superior
40 mi National ParkIsle Royale National Park29K visitors a year
9 mi National Historical ParkKeweenaw National Historical Park35K visitors a year16 mi Ski areaMount Bohemia21 runs · 814 ft vertical
20 mi MuseumA. E. Seaman Mineral Museum
20 mi MuseumCarnegie Museum of the KeweenawLake Superior: NASA, Public domain · Isle Royale National Park: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY 2.0 · Keweenaw National Historical Park: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum: Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw: Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Allouez Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Allouez Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Allouez Township ( AH-loo-way) is a civil township of Keweenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,428 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Allouez Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allouez Township | — | — | A | — | B− | B+ |
| Calumet Township | #344 | B | A | — | B− | C |
| Houghton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eagle River | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sherman Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Allouez Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Allouez Township and Calumet Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Houghton Township, Eagle River and Sherman Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Allouez Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 A.
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