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A town of 1,625, settled in 1857.
Masonville Township’s best subject grade is an A for the outdoors; its weakest is a C for incomes. 31% of residents are 65 or older in Masonville Township, above both Michigan’s towns (19%) and U.S. towns (18%). 63% of the land in Masonville Township is conserved, against 4.4% in Michigan’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. County Road I-39-Rapid River Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. Masonville Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
63.1% of the town is conserved land, across 4 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Masonville Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 3 maps from 1932 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Masonville 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 Masonville Township.
278 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The trail density in Masonville Township is 1.7 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Rapid River Falls County Park, at 82 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Escanaba River State Forest - Escanaba Unit | 0.1 mi | 150 |
| 2. Rapid River Falls County Park | 0.1 mi | 82 |
| 3. Masonville Township Park | — | 26 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Rapid River Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| TriTownship SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 243 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Masonville Township for work: only 6% work in town. Masonville Township’s average trip to work is 22 minutes. The top destinations are Escanaba (30%), Gladstone (6%) and Marquette (6%).
| Masonville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Masonville Township beats the Michigan average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 29% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Masonville Township.
| Masonville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Masonville Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.1% | 11.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.9% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.1% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Masonville Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 79°, January nights drop to 10° and about 43 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Masonville Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
None within 15 miles of Masonville Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Masonville Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Where Masonville Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Masonville Township is a civil township of Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,645 at the 2020 census, down from 1,734 at the 2010 census.
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6 towns share a border with Masonville Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masonville Township | — | — | B+ | — | B | C |
| Nahma Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baldwin Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mathias Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ensign Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maple Ridge Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brampton Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
Masonville Township and Brampton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Masonville Township and Brampton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Nahma Township, Baldwin Township, Mathias Township, Ensign Township and Maple Ridge Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Masonville Township with a neighbor →
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 B+.