Fredonia TownshipMI
A town of 1,589. 49% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Fredonia Township a good place to live?
The best of Fredonia Township’s subject grades is an A for civic life; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 75 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Jenney Woods, at 156 acres. Fredonia Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Fredonia Township stand out
Where Fredonia Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
100% of working residents leave Fredonia Township for work
Where Fredonia Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Fredonia Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Fredonia Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Fredonia Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fredonia 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 Fredonia Township.
A smaller share of working residents in Fredonia Township work locally than in the typical Michigan or U.S. town
0.5% of Fredonia Township working residents work locally, below both Michigan’s towns (5.9%) and U.S. towns (8%). The top destinations are Marshall (17%), Battle Creek (11%) and Coldwater (8%).
| Fredonia Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Michigan overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 26% of residents (19% statewide). Fredonia Township’s median age is 49.8 years, against 42.5 years in Michigan’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Fredonia Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.8 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Fredonia Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.9% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.6% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.7% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.2% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.2% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.9% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.5% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.2% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.7% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.7% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Low risk in Fredonia Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 2008, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Fredonia Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Fredonia Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Fredonia Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 43 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Fredonia Township is healthier than 59% of U.S. towns
Fredonia Township beats the Michigan average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of Fredonia Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Fredonia Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 36% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Fredonia Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.4% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0.7% of Fredonia Township
0.2 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jenney Woods | — | 156 |
| 2. Fish Lake Bog Nature Sanctuary | — | 19 |
| 3. Flowering Dogwood Nature Sanctuary | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Air Zoo and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fredonia Township. Close and well known come first.
28 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
6 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic8 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park Zoo
27 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year36 mi Theme parkFun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo
30 mi MuseumKalamazoo Institute of ArtsPhoto credits
Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: 72elyod, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Fredonia Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Fredonia Township
About 2 of every 100 Fredonia Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Fredonia Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Fredonia Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan located southwest of the city of Marshall. It is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,585 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 938 ft
Fredonia Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Fredonia Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredonia Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | B |
| Marshall | #379 | B− | C+ | C+ | B | B+ |
| Tekonsha Township | — | — | A− | — | C− | C+ |
| Eckford Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | C |
| Newton Township | #572 | C− | C− | — | B | B− |
| Marshall Township | #432 | B− | C | — | B | B− |
Fredonia Township, Tekonsha Township and Eckford Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Fredonia Township, Tekonsha Township, Eckford Township, Newton Township and Marshall Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fredonia Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Fredonia Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fredonia Township, MI a good place to live?
49% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Fredonia 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+.