Inverness TownshipMI
A town of 2,173. 2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Inverness Township a good place to live?
The best of Inverness Township’s subject grades is an A for civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. Inverness Township’s July high is 79°F, below both Michigan’s towns (82°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). Homes are within reach, about $199K for a typical one, or 3.2 years of the county’s $63K median household income. The biggest park or preserve is Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit, at 438 acres. Inverness Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Inverness Township stand out
Where Inverness Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Inverness Township for work
Where Inverness Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Inverness Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Inverness Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Inverness Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Inverness 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 Inverness Township.
Inverness Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Inverness Township since 2026.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Inverness Township’s public schools outperform 66% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Cheboygan Area Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 82 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Inverness Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Inverness Township for work: only 3% work in town. Inverness Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, below both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Inverness Township fell to 473 in 2021, 509 fewer than in 2011.
| Inverness Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 6.9% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Residents of Inverness Township are less healthy than 75% of U.S. towns
Inverness Township beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 42% of adults have high blood pressure in Inverness Township.
| Inverness Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Inverness Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.2% | 77.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 8.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Inverness Township
Inverness Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The January low in Inverness Township is 11°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Michigan overall
People 65 and older are 25% of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). Inverness Township’s median age is 48.4 years. 25% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Inverness Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.4 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 26% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.5 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Inverness Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.6% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.8% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.9% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.3% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.3% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.1% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.3% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.9% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.8% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.3% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.7% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.9% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,200, single groups can be off by several points
Conserved land covers 1.3% of Inverness Township
22 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves.
| Inverness Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mackinaw State Forest - Gaylord Unit | 0.9 mi | 438 |
| 2. Wendy O'Neil Memorial Nature Preserve | 0.9 mi | 168 |
| 3. John J. Helstrom Nature Preserve at Mud Lake Bog Nature Preserve | 0.1 mi | 37 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lake Michigan–Huron and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Inverness Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi LakeLake Michigan–Huron
17 mi Ancient siteFort Michilimackinac20 mi Park & preserveMackinac National Park
19 mi LandmarkFort Mackinac
22 mi MuseumSt. Ignace Mission
18 mi MuseumRobert Stuart HousePhoto credits
Lake Michigan–Huron: ChongDae, Public domain · Fort Michilimackinac: WMrapids, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Mackinac: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · St. Ignace Mission: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Robert Stuart House: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Inverness Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Inverness Township; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Inverness Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Inverness Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Inverness Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,159 at the 2020 census. It was named after Inverness in Scotland.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 709 ft
Inverness Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Inverness Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C |
| Benton Township | #570 | C− | B+ | — | B+ | C |
| Cheboygan | #497 | C+ | A− | C | B+ | D |
| Mullett Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | C |
| Beaugrand Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Munro Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Inverness Township, Mullett Township and Beaugrand Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Inverness Township, Benton Township, Mullett Township and Beaugrand Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Munro Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Inverness Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Inverness Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Inverness Township, MI a good place to live?
2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Inverness 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+.