Mentor TownshipMI
A town of 1,101. 74% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Mentor Township a good place to live?
The best of Mentor Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living, civic life, and the outdoors; the weakest is a D− for incomes. 91% of the land in Mentor Township is conserved, above both Michigan’s towns (4.4%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Huron National Forest, at 81,937 acres with 253.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. On history, just 21 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Mentor Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Mentor Township stand out
Where Mentor Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| Widest gap | Mentor Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.7% | 10.2% |
1,101 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Mentor Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Mentor Township is from typical.
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Moving to Mentor Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mentor 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 Mentor Township.
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Mentor Township
266 miles of trail wind through 5 parks and preserves. In Mentor Township, the trail network density is 1.9 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Huron National Forest | 253.1 mi | 81,937 |
| 2. M33 Roadside Park | 0.3 mi | 9 |
| 3. Blaze Farhat Wildlife Preserve | — | 356 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
More of Mentor Township’s adults report frequent physical distress than in the typical Michigan or U.S. town
Mentor Township: 40% of adults have obesity. 27% of adults say their health is fair or poor locally, against 19% in Michigan’s towns and 19% across U.S. towns. Two figures for adults here: 17% have diabetes, 45% have high blood pressure. CDC measures, 32 in all: Mentor Township beats Michigan on 1 and trails on 16.
| Mentor Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 36% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mentor Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.3% | 77.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.7% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in Mentor Township is inland flooding, at a low overall level
The FEMA hazard score for Mentor Township comes to 27 of 100. Expected losses in Mentor Township break down as 55% from inland flooding and 24% from lightning.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Mentor Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Mentor Township’s midsummer high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 0.8 jobs for every working resident, most of Mentor Township’s workers commute out
Half the trips to work are shorter than 39 miles. In Mentor Township, nearly a quarter of residents live below the poverty line. Most people who work leave Mentor Township to do it: just 10% work in town. The middle household income here is $43,000.
| Mentor Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $43,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Everything we know about Mentor Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Mentor Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Mentor Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
266 miles of trails in Mentor Township
90.6% of the town is conserved land, across 5 parks and preserves.
About Mentor Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Mentor Township is a civil township of Oscoda County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,037 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 143 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,260 ft
Questions about Mentor Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mentor Township, MI a good place to live?
74% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Mentor Township, MI expensive?
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.