Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,874.
0% of its land is conserved. Overall it grades C+, 465th of 697 graded towns in Michigan. Its schools outperform 80% of the state's and natural-hazard risk is low. Its weakest subject is incomes: the median household income is $60K, and 22% of residents live below the poverty line. 22% of residents live below the poverty line in Mason Township, against 8.9% in Michigan’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Mason District Number 5 Schoolhouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns.
Where Mason Township beats most towns.
Where Mason 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 Mason Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,514 in 2000, 2,841 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers and a map from 1948 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mason Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
17 mi CaveGrotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame
36 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
17 mi Ancient siteFort St. Joseph
35 mi State parkWarren Dunes State Park
19 mi MuseumStudebaker National MuseumNotre Dame Stadium: Tysto, Public domain · Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame: Know1one1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort St. Joseph: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Warren Dunes State Park: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Studebaker National Museum: Unknown, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mason 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 Mason Township.
Mason Township sends many workers across the state line to South Bend and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Mason Township since 2022.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
60% of working residents cross a state line to work, South Bend among the top destinations. Mason Township has 180 jobs for its 1,396 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Mason Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2011, Mason Township has added 31 jobs, to 180 in 2021. The top destinations are Elkhart (30%), South Bend (7%) and Mishawaka (5%).
| Mason Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $60,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Against the 8,888 U.S. towns with household incomes like Mason Township’s, it is less healthy than 51%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Mason Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 16% of Mason Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Mason Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Mason Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.2% | 7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mason Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2 within 15 miles of the center of Mason Township
About 4 of every 100 Mason Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Mason Township is a civil township of Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,841 at the 2020 census.
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5 towns share a border with Mason Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Township | #465 | C+ | B | — | A− | C |
| Calvin Township | — | — | A− | — | C | C |
| Porter Township | #589 | C− | C+ | — | C | C+ |
| Ontwa Township | #340 | B | C+ | B | A | C |
Calvin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Mason Township, Calvin Township and Porter Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mason Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Mason Township grades C+ overall, better than 42% of U.S. towns and #465 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C for health and A− for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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