Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,893, settled in 1888. 79% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
The best of Chassell Township’s subject grades are an A for civic life and an A− for the outdoors; the weakest is a C for incomes. Chassell Township’s July high is 77°F, where Michigan’s towns sit at 82°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. 16% of the land in Chassell Township is conserved, above both the Michigan town median (4.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Copper Country State Forest- Baraga Unit, at 4,618 acres. Only 114 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns score higher on civic life. Chassell Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Chassell Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Chassell K12 School | PK–12 | 192 |
Where Chassell 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 Chassell Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2009 and 2 maps from 1954 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Chassell 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 Chassell Township.
Most working residents leave Chassell Township for work: only 5% work in town. The average trip to work in Chassell Township is 20 minutes. Jobs based in Chassell Township fell to 123 in 2021, 30 fewer than in 2011.
| Chassell Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9.7% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Chassell Township School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chassell K12 SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 192 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Chassell Township beats the Michigan average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 29% of Chassell Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Chassell Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 25% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Chassell Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.5% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.3% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Copper Country State Forest- Baraga Unit | 0.7 mi | 4,618 |
| 2. Chassell Centennial Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Chassell Township has cold winters and pleasant summers. Chassell Township’s January low is 9°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities. Since 2014, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Chassell Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chassell Township. Close and well known come first.
24 mi MountainMount Arvon
10 mi National Historical ParkKeweenaw National Historical Park35K visitors a year
9 mi MuseumA. E. Seaman Mineral Museum37 mi Ski areaMount Bohemia21 runs · 814 ft vertical
10 mi MuseumCarnegie Museum of the KeweenawMount Arvon: Yinan Chen, Public Domain · 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
1 within 15 miles of the center of Chassell Township
About 4 of every 100 Chassell Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
2 places in Chassell Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
Chassell ( CHA-səl) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Chassell had a population of 876 at the 2020 census and is located within Chassell Townshipwhich is on the shore of Portage Lake in the Upper Peninsula. As an unincorporated community, Chassell has no legal autonomy of its own, however it does have a post office with the ZIP code 49916. Chassell is known for the Copper County Strawberry Festival, which is held the weekend after the 4th of July.
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3 towns share a border with Chassell Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chassell Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Portage Township | #145 | A− | B− | — | A+ | B |
| Torch Lake Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | C |
| Baraga Township | #590 | C− | A | — | C | D |
Chassell Township and Torch Lake Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Chassell Township, Portage Township, Torch Lake Township and Baraga Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Chassell Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
79% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
The typical home is worth about $197,000, 25% below the Michigan typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
