Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Its best grade is for cost of living: a typical home costs about $152K, 2.5 years of the Saginaw metro’s $61K median household income. Overall, Chesaning Township earns a B: better than nearly two thirds of U.S. towns, and 271st of 697 in Michigan. It also does well on schools: its schools outperform nearly two thirds of the state's. The trade-off is health (C) — residents are less healthy than 68% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. This Michigan town has 1 place on the National Register. A quarter of working residents work locally here, above both Michigan’s towns (5.9%) and U.S. towns (8%). Parshallburg Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · National Register of Historic Places · Census LEHD, 2021.
Where Chesaning Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Chesaning Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 721 in 1870, 2,430 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2009 and 3 maps from 1917 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Chesaning 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 Chesaning Township.
The Chesaning Union Schools runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Chesaning Union High School, with 381 students. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesaning Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 4–8 | Grades 4–8 | 584 | B |
| Chesaning Union High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 381 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Chesaning Township’s risk rating from FEMA comes in at 29 of 100. FEMA puts 48% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 19% to cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Chesaning Township: 27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression. In Chesaning Township, 40% of adults have high blood pressure, and 29% get no exercise outside work.
| Chesaning Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 25% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Chesaning Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.9% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 8.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A winter brings about 38 inches of snow, with January nights at 16° and July afternoons at 83°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here grew from 1,749 in 2011 to 2,456.
Half the trips to work are shorter than 18 miles. Jobs in Chesaning Township grew by 707 from 2011 to 2021, reaching 2,456. Roughly one working resident in four has a job in Chesaning Township itself. The typical household income locally is $62,000.
| Chesaning Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 25% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
For Chesaning Township, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. Across 3 parks and preserves: 1.6 miles of trail. The biggest place to walk is Showboat Park, 66 acres with 1 miles of trail.
| Chesaning Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Showboat Park | 1 mi | 66 |
| 2. Chesaning Parks Birding and Nature Trail | 0.2 mi | 48 |
| 3. Cole Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Chesaning Township
About 4 of every 100 Chesaning Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Village in Michigan, United States
Chesaning ( CHESS-ə-ning) is a village in Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,430 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Chesaning Township.
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4 towns share a border with Chesaning Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesaning Township | #271 | B | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Brady Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | C− |
| Maple Grove Township | #485 | C+ | C+ | — | A− | C |
| St. Charles Township | #341 | B | A− | — | B | C+ |
| New Haven Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | C |
Brady Township and New Haven Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Chesaning Township, Brady Township, Maple Grove Township, St. Charles Township and New Haven Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Chesaning Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Chesaning Township grades B overall, better than 65% of U.S. towns and #271 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C for health and B+ for schools.
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−.
