Kasson TownshipMI
A town of 1,696.
Is Kasson Township a good place to live?
Kasson Township’s best subject grades are an A for schools and civic life; its weakest is a C for cost of living. On hazard risk, just 87 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, at 553 acres with 2.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Kasson Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Kasson Township stand out
Where Kasson Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Glen Lake Community School | PK–12 | 735 |
86% of working residents leave Kasson Township for work
Where Kasson Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Kasson Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Kasson Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and 1 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kasson Township. Close and well known come first.
in town National LakeshoreSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore1.6M visitors a year22 mi MuseumMichigan Legacy Art ParkPhoto credits
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: en:User:Grod028, Public domain
Moving to Kasson Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kasson 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 Kasson Township.
On state tests, Kasson Township’s schools beat 91% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Glen Lake Community Schools. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Glen Lake Community School, with 735 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Lake Community SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 735 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Kasson Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by cold waves
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 93% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Kasson Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.6 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Kasson Township for work: only 14% work in town. Since 2011, Kasson Township has lost 358 jobs, to 372 in 2021. 12% of Kasson Township residents live below the poverty line, against 8.9% in Michigan’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns.
| Kasson Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 7.9% | 10% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Kasson Township is healthier than 71% of U.S. towns
Kasson Township beats the Michigan average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 28% of Kasson Township adults feel lonely, where Michigan’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 33%. 30% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Kasson Township.
| Kasson Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Kasson Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.3% | 11.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.6% | 15.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.5% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Older than Michigan overall
People 65 and older are 28% of residents (19% statewide); children under 18 are 16% of residents (21% statewide). Kasson Township’s median age is 50.1 years. Kasson Township has grown 3% since 2020, to 1,696 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Kasson Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 28% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 50.1 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 26% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Kasson Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.9% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.7% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.4% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 19.5% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.6% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.3% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.4% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.5% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
In Kasson Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Kasson Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Kasson Township is 79°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Kasson Township has set aside 3.1% of its land for conservation
11 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Kasson Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit | 3.4 mi | 1,377 |
| 2. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore | 2.3 mi | 553 |
| 3. Myles Kimmerly Park | 1.1 mi | 172 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Kasson Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Kasson Township
About 4 of every 100 Kasson Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Kasson Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Kasson Township ( KASS-ən) is a civil township of Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,647 as of the 2020 census. A small portion of the township is included in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 912 ft
Kasson Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Kasson Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasson Township | — | — | C | — | A | B+ |
| Empire Township | — | — | B− | — | A | A− |
| Cleveland Township | — | — | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Solon Township | — | — | B | — | A− | A− |
| Almira Township | #287 | B | B | — | C+ | B+ |
Kasson Township, Empire Township, Cleveland Township and Solon Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Kasson Township, Empire Township, Cleveland Township, Solon Township and Almira Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Kasson Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Kasson Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kasson Township, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.