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A town of 1,623, settled in 1879.
The best of Bay Mills Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and the outdoors; the weakest is a D for incomes. 50% of working residents work locally in Bay Mills Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 5.9% and U.S. towns at 8%. Only 40 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on hazard risk. 50% of the land in Bay Mills Township is conserved, above both Michigan’s towns (4.4%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Bay Mills Township is home to Bay Mills Community College. Only 103 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on the outdoors. Bay Mills Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Bay Mills Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Bay Mills Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1856 and 2 maps from 1951 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bay Mills 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 Bay Mills Township.
94 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Bay Mills Township’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile. Round Island Point Nature Preserve, at 641 acres with 1.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Round Island Point Nature Preserve | 1.8 mi | 641 |
| 2. Iroquois Island Nature Preserve | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ojibwe Charter SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 125 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 95% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bay Mills Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 17% of Bay Mills Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Bay Mills Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bay Mills Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with heart disease | 9% | 7% |
| More smokers | 18.4% | 14.6% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 4.6% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The July high in Bay Mills Township is 74°F. Bay Mills Township has cold, snowy winters and cool summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Since 2011, Bay Mills Township has added 668 jobs, to 756 in 2021. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Bay Mills Township. The top destinations are Sault Ste.
| Bay Mills Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
People 65 and older are 23% of residents (19% statewide). 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Bay Mills Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 26% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 61% are men (MI 42%).
| Bay Mills Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.4% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.6% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 14.5% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.6% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.4% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.6% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.9% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.6% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.7% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.1% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bay Mills Township
About 10 of every 100 Bay Mills Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Bay Mills Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,567.
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4 towns share a border with Bay Mills Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Mills Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C− |
| Superior Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| Chippewa Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whitefish Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Soo Township | #247 | B+ | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
Bay Mills Township and Superior Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bay Mills Township, Superior Township and Soo Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Chippewa Township and Whitefish Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bay Mills Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Marie, MI 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.
2 notable people were born here, including Charles Edward Johnston and Harold M. Martin.