Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,024.
The best of Bruce Township’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living and an A for civic life; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 70 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Bruce Township's schools rank ahead of 71% of Michigan towns. The biggest place to walk is Munuscong Wildlife Management Area, 4,060 acres with 1.6 miles of trail. Bruce Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Bruce Township beats most towns.
Where Bruce 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 Bruce Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2019 and 2 maps from 1951 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Bruce 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 Bruce Township.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Bruce Township for work: only 2% work in town. At 30 minutes, Bruce Township’s average trip to work is where Michigan’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Jobs based in Bruce Township grew to 186 in 2021, 107 more than in 2011.
| Bruce Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Bruce Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. At 78°F, Bruce Township’s July high is below both the Michigan town median (82°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
8.8 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The trail density in Bruce Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Bruce Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.6% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Munuscong Wildlife Management Area | 1.6 mi | 4,060 |
| 2. Dunbar Forest Experiment Station Michigan State University | 1 mi | 2,592 |
| 3. Lake Superior State Forest - Sault Ste. Marie Unit | — | 417 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Bruce Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 39% of Bruce Township adults have high blood pressure.
| Bruce Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Bruce Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with heart disease | 8% | 7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Michigan average. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Bruce Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 26% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.6 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 19% | 18% |
42% women, 58% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.8 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 65 to 74, 65% are men (MI 48%).
| Bruce Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.6% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.2% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.2% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.9% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.3% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.6% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bruce Township. Close and well known come first.
13 mi DamSoo Locks34 mi Park & preserveMackinac National Park
35 mi LandmarkFort Mackinac
13 mi MuseumSS Valley Camp
13 mi MuseumTower of History
36 mi MuseumSt. Ignace MissionSoo Locks: USGS, Public domain · Fort Mackinac: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · SS Valley Camp: Cason at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Tower of History: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0 · St. Ignace Mission: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bruce Township
About 3 of every 100 Bruce Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Bruce Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 2,000.
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3 towns share a border with Bruce Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Pickford Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | B− |
| Soo Township | #247 | B+ | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Dafter Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C+ |
Bruce Township, Pickford Township and Dafter Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bruce Township, Pickford Township, Soo Township and Dafter Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bruce 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−.
