Frankenlust TownshipMI
A town of 3,684, settled in 1890. 61% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Frankenlust Township a good place to live?
Frankenlust Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, ranked 496th of 697 in Michigan, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $93K. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $241K for a typical one and 3.9 times the Bay City metro’s $62K median household income. Only 75 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on hazard risk. 11% of the land in Frankenlust Township is conserved, above both the Michigan town median (4.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Frankenlust Township is home to Delta College.
What makes Frankenlust Township stand out
Where Frankenlust Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Delta College | 4,873 |
Delta College calls Frankenlust Township home
How Frankenlust Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Frankenlust Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
USS Edson and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Frankenlust Township. Close and well known come first.
7 mi MuseumUSS Edson
15 mi GardenDow Gardens
7 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum
16 mi GardenChippewa Nature Center
7 mi TheatreTemple Theatre
39 mi MuseumSloan MuseumPhoto credits
USS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Chippewa Nature Center: Christian Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Temple Theatre: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Frankenlust Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Frankenlust 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 Frankenlust Township.
Frankenlust Township trades workers with Saginaw and other neighbors, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Michigan (mostly inland flooding) and trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
11.4% of Frankenlust Township is conserved land
15 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Crow Island State Game Area, at 910 acres. Frankenlust Township’s trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile, above both Michigan’s towns (0.3) and U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Frankenlust Township Nature Park | 1.1 mi | 24 |
| 2. Crow Island State Game Area | 0.9 mi | 910 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Frankenlust Township’s schools rank behind 54% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by Saginaw ISD. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul Lutheran School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 124 | – |
| Great Lakes Bay Early CollegeLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 200 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
In Frankenlust Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Frankenlust Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Frankenlust Township
Frankenlust Township has about as many jobs (1,551) as working residents, but only 58 people both live and work here. Jobs based here fell from 2,709 in 2011 to 1,551.
Most working residents leave Frankenlust Township for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Frankenlust Township is 20 minutes. Jobs based in Frankenlust Township fell to 1,551 in 2021, 1,158 fewer than in 2011.
| Frankenlust Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $93,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Older than Michigan overall
People 65 and older are 25% of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). 17% of residents are under 18 in Frankenlust Township. 34% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Frankenlust Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 45.3 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 26% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.8 points). Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 91% are men (MI 51%).
| Frankenlust Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.3% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.6% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.8% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.7% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.2% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.3% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 28.7% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.7% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.4% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.7% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,700, single groups can be off by several points
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Frankenlust Township
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of Michigan towns, with expected losses of about $584 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Frankenlust Township’s FEMA risk score is 60 of 100. Since 1983, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Frankenlust Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Frankenlust Township is less healthy than 52% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,616 U.S. towns with household incomes like Frankenlust Township’s, it is less healthy than 69%, so it trails even them.
Frankenlust Township beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 27% of Frankenlust Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Frankenlust Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 34% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 36% | 35% |
| What stands out | Frankenlust Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.2% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Frankenlust Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Frankenlust Township
About 4 of every 100 Frankenlust Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Frankenlust Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Frankenlust Township is a civil township of Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 Census placed the population at 3,672. This is a 3.1% increase from the 3,562 recorded at the 2010 Census, the second largest increase in Bay County during that time period. The 2000 Census recorded 2,530. It is included in the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home to Delta College.
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- Area
- 23 sq mi
- Elevation
- 597 ft
Frankenlust Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Frankenlust Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankenlust Township | #496 | C+ | C+ | — | B− | B− |
| Bay City | #586 | C− | A− | C− | B− | C− |
| Monitor Township | #504 | C+ | C+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Kochville Township | – | B | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Portsmouth Township | #460 | C+ | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Tittabawassee Township | #263 | B+ | C | — | A | B+ |
Frankenlust Township, Monitor Township, Kochville Township, Portsmouth Township and Tittabawassee Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Frankenlust Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Frankenlust Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Frankenlust Township, MI a good place to live?
Frankenlust Township grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #496 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
Is Frankenlust Township, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.