Fremont TownshipMI
A town of 1,511.
Is Fremont Township a good place to live?
Fremont Township’s best subject grade is an A− for civic life; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Fremont Township’s median age is 33.6 years, where Michigan’s towns sit at 42.5 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Homes are within reach, about $175K for a typical one, or 3.2 years of the Mount Pleasant area’s $55K median household income. The biggest park or preserve is Edmore State Game Area, at 483 acres. Fremont Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Fremont Township stand out
Where Fremont Township beats most towns.
How Fremont Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Fremont Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Fremont Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fremont 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 Fremont Township.
Fremont Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fremont Township’s public schools trail 53% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Shepherd Public Schools. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winn Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 224 | A |
| Flextech High School ShepherdLargest public high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 79 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
On CDC estimates, Fremont Township is less healthy than 74% of U.S. towns
Fremont Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Fremont Township, above both Michigan’s towns (27%) and U.S. towns (23%). 20% of adults report frequent mental distress in Fremont Township.
| Fremont Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Fremont Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14% | 10.2% |
| More smokers | 17.5% | 14.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Fremont Township
Fremont Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 15° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Fremont Township
Most working residents leave Fremont Township for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Fremont Township grew to 547 in 2021, 396 more than in 2011. 13% of Fremont Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Fremont Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.6% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Edmore State Game Area | — | 483 |
| 2. Michael Carroll Memorial Park | — | 7 |
| 3. Fremont Township Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Fremont Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Fremont Township
About 6 of every 100 Fremont Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Fremont Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Fremont Township is a civil township of Isabella County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,445 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 840 ft
Fremont Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Fremont Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C |
| Lincoln Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C |
| Richland Township | #670 | D | A | — | C− | D |
| Deerfield Township | #671 | D | C− | — | B− | C+ |
| Rolland Township | — | — | C | — | C | C− |
Fremont Township, Lincoln Township and Rolland Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Fremont Township, Lincoln Township, Richland Township, Deerfield Township and Rolland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fremont Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Fremont Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fremont 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+.