Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,073.
The best of Jasper Township’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. On hazard risk, just 47 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Ball Road-Little Salt Creek Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. Jasper Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Jasper Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 139 in 1870, 1,060 in 2020. The archive holds 2 maps from 1930 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Jasper 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 Jasper Township.
Jasper Township beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 20% of Jasper Township adults smoke cigarettes, against 15% in Michigan’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 22% of Jasper Township adults worry about having enough food.
| Jasper Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Jasper Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.8% | 8.9% |
| More uninsured adults | 10.4% | 6.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The top destinations are Midland (14%), Mount Pleasant (9%) and Alma (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles. 7.1% of Jasper Township residents live below the poverty line, where Michigan’s towns sit at 8.9% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Jasper Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Jasper Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jasper Township’s FEMA risk score is 66 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Jasper Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Au Sable State Forest - Gladwin Unit | 7.5 mi | 2,450 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jasper Township. Close and well known come first.
34 mi MuseumUSS Edson
16 mi GardenDow Gardens
14 mi GardenChippewa Nature Center
34 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum31 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration Square
31 mi TheatreTemple TheatreUSS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chippewa Nature Center: Christian Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Temple Theatre: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Jasper Township
About 6 of every 100 Jasper Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
1,180 counted in 2010 and 1,060 in 2020; an estimated 1,073 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Jasper Township is a civil township of Midland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,060 at the 2020 census.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 A−.
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