Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Frankenmuth Township’s subject grades are an A for schools, incomes, and history; the weakest is a C− for cost of living. On hazard risk, just 38 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Only 118 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on history. Frankenmuth Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Frankenmuth Township beats most towns.
Gugel Bridge| Widest gap | Frankenmuth Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.2% | 11.9% |
Where Frankenmuth 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 Frankenmuth Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 693 in 1910, 4,987 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1942 and 4 maps from 1919 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Frankenmuth 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 Frankenmuth Township.
In Frankenmuth Township, 16% of workers work remotely from home, above both Michigan’s towns (10%) and U.S. towns (11%). For most workers, Frankenmuth Township is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. The town’s median household income stands at $102,000. It had 120 jobs in 2021, down 143 from 2011.
| Frankenmuth Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 10% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
For adults in Frankenmuth Township, the share who smoke cigarettes is 11%. In Frankenmuth Township, 5.2% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance, below both the Michigan town median (6.5%) and the median of U.S. towns (8.1%). Among adults locally, 14% binge drink and 15% report frequent mental distress. CDC measures, 32 in all: Frankenmuth Township beats Michigan on 13 and trails on 2.
| Frankenmuth Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 80% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Frankenmuth Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.2% | 11.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 15.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.4% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 16°, with about 41 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (38% statewide). The midpoint age in Frankenmuth Township is 48.3 years. Michigan has 32% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 39%. 21% of residents are 65 or older in the town.
| Frankenmuth Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.3 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 26% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women. Among residents 55 to 64, 59% are men (MI 49%).
| Frankenmuth Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.4% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.2% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.6% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.9% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.8% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.2% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.3% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.9% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.4% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.2% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Of the losses FEMA expects in Frankenmuth Township, 69% come from inland flooding and 11% from cold waves. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage here than in 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
15 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. Frankenmuth Township has one park or preserve, 8 acres in all. Its trail density stands at 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Frankenmuth Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cross Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Frankenmuth Township. Close and well known come first.
18 mi MuseumUSS Edson
24 mi MuseumSloan Museum
30 mi GardenDow Gardens
18 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum10 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration Square
10 mi TheatreTemple TheatreUSS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Temple Theatre: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Frankenmuth Township
About 7 of every 100 Frankenmuth Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
City in Michigan, United States
Frankenmuth ( FRANK-ən-mooth) is a city in Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,987 at the 2020 census. The city is surrounded by Frankenmuth Township. The city's name is a combination of two German words: Franken for the region of Franconia in Bavaria from which the original settlers came, and Mut (formerly spelled as Muth) which means "courage". Thus, the name Frankenmuth means "courage of the Franconians". The most popular nickname is "Little Bavaria", in reference to the city's German heritage.
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5 towns share a border with Frankenmuth Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankenmuth Township | — | — | C− | — | A | B+ |
| Tuscola Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C |
| Frankenmuth | #158 | A− | C | B | A | A− |
| Birch Run Township | #358 | B− | B− | — | A− | B− |
| Blumfield Township | — | — | B− | — | A | D |
| Bridgeport Township | #674 | D | A | C− | C− | D |
Frankenmuth Township, Tuscola Township and Blumfield Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Frankenmuth Township, Tuscola Township, Birch Run Township and Blumfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Frankenmuth Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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