Mount Forest TownshipMI
A town of 1,388.
Is Mount Forest Township a good place to live?
The best of Mount Forest Township’s subject grades are a B+ for civic life and a B for schools; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Mount Forest Township’s average trip to work is 36 minutes, against 25 minutes in Michigan’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 31 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Mount Forest Township Park, at 28 acres. Mount Forest Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,388 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Mount Forest Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Mount Forest Township is from typical.
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Moving to Mount Forest Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Forest 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 Mount Forest Township.
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Mount Forest Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Mount Forest Township for work: only 1% work in town. Mount Forest Township’s median household income is $65,000, below both Michigan’s towns ($77,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). The top destinations are Bay City (10%), Midland (10%) and Saginaw (6%).
| Mount Forest Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 8.7% | 10% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Residents of Mount Forest Township are less healthy than 67% of U.S. towns
Mount Forest Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 17% of Mount Forest Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Mount Forest Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Mount Forest Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 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
Mount Forest Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Mount Forest Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Mount Forest Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Mount Forest Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mount Forest Township has set aside 1.3% of its land for conservation
1.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mount Forest Township Park | — | 28 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
USS Edson and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Forest Township. Close and well known come first.
21 mi MuseumUSS Edson
18 mi GardenDow Gardens
20 mi GardenChippewa Nature Center
21 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum
31 mi TheatreTemple Theatre32 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration SquarePhoto credits
USS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chippewa Nature Center: Christian Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Temple Theatre: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Mount Forest Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Mount Forest Township; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Mount Forest Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
99% of working residents leave Mount Forest Township for work
Where Mount Forest Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Mount Forest Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Mount Forest Township is a civil township of Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The township's population was 1,399 as of the 2020 census. It is included in the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 673 ft
Questions about Mount Forest Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mount Forest 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 B−.