Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Frenchtown Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 595th among Michigan's 697 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is cost of living: a typical home costs about $208K, 2.7 years of the Monroe metro’s $77K median household income. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 71% of the country. Wm. C. Sterling State Park, at 846 acres with 2.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Frenchtown Township, against 8.9% in Michigan’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Edward Loranger House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Frenchtown Township beats most towns.
Where Frenchtown 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 Frenchtown Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,242 in 1850, 21,609 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 2009 and 5 maps from 1912 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Frenchtown Township, and how to reach them.
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Ordered by what stands out in Frenchtown Township.
Most working residents leave Frenchtown Township for work: only 9% work in town. 6% of Frenchtown Township workers work from home. Jobs based in Frenchtown Township fell to 5,856 in 2021, 547 fewer than in 2011.
| Frenchtown Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Jefferson Schools. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Jefferson High School, with 430 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triumph AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 777 | B |
| Jefferson High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 430 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
42% of adults have obesity in Frenchtown Township. Frenchtown Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Frenchtown Township.
| Frenchtown Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Frenchtown Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 16.8% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Frenchtown Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
3.6 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The trail density in Frenchtown Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Frenchtown Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wm. C. Sterling State Park | 2.3 mi | 846 |
| 2. Pointe Aux Peaux State Wildlife Area | 0.8 mi | 175 |
| 3. Nike Park | 0.2 mi | 72 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
275 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 19 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 275 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Frenchtown Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Frenchtown Township
About 6 of every 100 Frenchtown Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
Charter township in Michigan, United States
Frenchtown Charter Township is a charter township within Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 21,609 as per the 2020 census. The township is bordered on the south by the city of Monroe. Sterling State Park and the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station are located within Frenchtown.
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10 towns share a border with Frenchtown Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchtown Township | #595 | C− | B | — | C+ | C |
| Monroe | #639 | D | B | C | C | C− |
| Stony Point | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monroe Township | #619 | C− | B | — | C | C− |
| Berlin Township | #555 | C | C+ | — | B | C |
| Raisinville Township | #349 | B | A− | — | B | C |
| Woodland Beach | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Detroit Beach | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Frenchtown Township, Monroe Township, Berlin Township and Raisinville Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Stony Point, Woodland Beach and Detroit Beach aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Frenchtown Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Frenchtown Township grades C− overall, better than 20% of U.S. towns and #595 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C for health and C+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
