Fawn River TownshipMI
A town of 1,527, settled in 1844.
Is Fawn River Township a good place to live?
Fawn River Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for history; its weakest is a C for health. 30% of residents are under 18 in Fawn River Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 21% and U.S. towns at 22%. Fawn River Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Fawn River Township stand out
Where Fawn River Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Fawn River Township for work
Where Fawn River Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Fawn River Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Fawn River Township is from typical.
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Moving to Fawn River Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fawn River 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 Fawn River Township.
Most of Fawn River Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Fawn River Township for work: only 1% work in town. Fawn River Township’s average trip to work is 19 minutes, below both Michigan’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2011, Fawn River Township has lost 343 jobs, to 41 in 2021.
| Fawn River Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Health in Fawn River Township trails 75% of U.S. towns
Fawn River Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Fawn River Township.
| Fawn River Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Fawn River Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10% | 6.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.4% | 10.2% |
| More smokers | 17.9% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Low risk in Fawn River Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Fawn River Township
Fawn River Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2.1% of Fawn River Township is conserved land
1.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Fawn River Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Fawn River Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.1% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lee Lake Public Access | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Fawn River Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Fawn River Township
About 3 of every 100 Fawn River Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Fawn River Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Fawn River Township is a civil township of St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,587 at the 2020 census. The township is named for the Fawn River.
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- Area
- 20 sq mi
- Elevation
- 879 ft
Fawn River Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Fawn River Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fawn River Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Sturgis | #587 | C− | A− | C− | C+ | C− |
| Burr Oak Township | #404 | B− | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Noble Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fawn River Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Fawn River Township and Burr Oak Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Noble Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Fawn River Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Fawn River Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fawn River Township, MI expensive?
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 B+.