Chase TownshipMI
A town of 1,256, settled in 1872.
Is Chase Township a good place to live?
The best of Chase Township’s subject grades is an A− for civic life; the weakest is a D for incomes. Only 105 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on health. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 81% of U.S. towns. Only 84 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors. Chase Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,256 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Chase Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Chase Township is from typical.
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Moving to Chase Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Chase 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 Chase Township.
Chase Township is less healthy than 88% of U.S. towns
Chase Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 18% of Chase Township adults report frequent physical distress, where Michigan’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 14%. 20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Chase Township.
| Chase Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Chase Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.5% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.9% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 19.9% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Chase Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Chase Township for work: only 1% work in town. At 32 minutes, Chase Township’s average trip to work is above both Michigan’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). 18% of Chase Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Chase Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Chase Township’s typical home value is about $194K
The typical Chase Township home is worth about $194,000, up 9.1% in a year, 26% below the Michigan typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Chase Township
Chase Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Chase Township’s July high is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Chase Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Chase Township has set aside 3.5% of its land for conservation
1.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Chase Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Chase Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.5% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Manistee National Forest - Baldwin Ranger District | 0.9 mi | 735 |
| 2. The Old School Ground | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia and 2 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chase Township. Close and well known come first.
13 mi MuseumJim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
14 mi National forestManistee National Forest11 mi MuseumShrine of the PinesPhoto credits
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia: Jim Crow Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Manistee National Forest: RomanKahler, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Chase Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Chase Township
About 2 of every 100 Chase Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
99% of working residents leave Chase Township for work
Where Chase Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Chase Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Chase Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,153 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Chase is the only significant population center in the township. Chase is located where U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) crosses the Middle Branch of the Pere Marquette River at 43°53′21″N 85°38′08″W. The post office in Chase serves ZIP Code 49623, which includes most of the northwest part of Chase Township as well as the southwest portion of Pinora Township, the southeast portion of Cherry Valley Township, and the northeast portion of Yates Township. Both the community and township were named after Salmon P. Chase, the Chief Justice of the Uni…
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,227 ft
Questions about Chase Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Chase Township, MI expensive?
That is 3.8 years of the area's median household income ($50,805 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.