JenningsMI
The town was settled in 1883 and has 254 residents today.
Is Jennings a good place to live?
24% of residents live below the poverty line in Jennings, where Michigan’s towns sit at 8.9% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Jennings has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Jennings stand out
Where Jennings beats most towns.
254 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Jennings.
Jennings has 2.1 jobs for every working resident, and 136 people commute in
The top destinations are Cadillac (17%), Haring Township (11%) and Lake City (6%). Just 2% of Jennings’s working residents have a job in town. In Jennings, the mean commuting time is 31 minutes. Jobs based in Jennings grew to 137 in 2021, 129 more than in 2011.
| Jennings | Typical Michigan town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Jennings faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Jennings’ FEMA hazard score is recorded as 8 of 100. Expected losses in Jennings break down as 47% from inland flooding and 24% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jennings has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 80° in July, and January nights bottom out around 12°; snowfall runs to about 74 inches a winter. The seasons in Jennings bring cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Jennings is
15% of adults report frequent physical distress in Jennings. The town beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. Among adults in the town, 28% have been diagnosed with depression and 15% binge drink.
| Jennings | Typical Michigan town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 35% |
| What stands out | Jennings | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.5% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.7% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Jennings sell for about $163K
The share of households in Jennings who own their home is 81%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Jennings
Moving to Jennings: who provides what
Jennings is unincorporated, so Missaukee County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Every workday, about 136 people come to Jennings for work
Where Jennings’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Jennings; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Jennings residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Jennings
Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
Jennings is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 229 at the 2020 census, down from 264 in 2010. The CDP is mostly located in Lake Township and a small portion extends north into Caldwell Township.
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- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,306 ft
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