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Pavilion Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 553rd among Michigan's 697 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 67% of the state's. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $264K for a typical one and 3.6 times the Kalamazoo metro’s $73K median household income. Pavilion Township sits against 84% in Michigan’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns on this measure. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Scotts Mill County Park, at 92 acres.
Where Pavilion Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Pavilion Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1928 and 3 maps from 1918 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pavilion 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 Pavilion Township.
Its public schools are run by the Vicksburg Community Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobey Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 379 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Pavilion Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 65 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 1,121 in 2011 to 2,138.
Most working residents leave Pavilion Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2011, Pavilion Township has added 1,017 jobs, to 2,138 in 2021. The top destinations are Portage (19%), Kalamazoo (17%) and Comstock Township (5%).
| Pavilion Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Pavilion Township beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 29% of Pavilion Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Pavilion Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Pavilion Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults sleeping under 7 hours | 29.2% | 34.7% |
| More adults with depression | 29.3% | 25.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (38% statewide). 36% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Pavilion Township.
| Pavilion Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 26% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 19% | 18% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Pavilion Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.8% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.6% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.1% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.6% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.3% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.6% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.8% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.5% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.8% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
1.8 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Pavilion Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Pavilion Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Scotts Mill County Park | 0.6 mi | 92 |
| 2. Brewer Woods Nature Sanctuary | 0.2 mi | 46 |
| 3. Lexington Green Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pavilion Township. Close and well known come first.
5 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
16 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year17 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park Zoo
8 mi MuseumKalamazoo Institute of Arts
27 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic
8 mi MuseumKalamazoo Valley MuseumAir Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: 72elyod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kalamazoo Valley Museum: Cody Hough, CC BY-SA 3.0
4 within 15 miles of the center of Pavilion Township
About 4 of every 100 Pavilion Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Charter township in Michigan, United States
Pavilion Charter Township is a charter township of Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,387 at the 2020 census, up from 6,222 at the 2010 census. It contains part of the census-designated place of Scotts, which it shares with Climax Township.
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4 towns share a border with Pavilion Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C; Comstock Township (C+) is closest.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavilion Township | #553 | C | C | — | B+ | C+ |
| Portage | #361 | B− | C | C− | A− | A− |
| Brady Township | #127 | A− | B+ | — | A− | B |
| Comstock Township | #493 | C+ | C+ | — | C | C+ |
| Climax Township | — | — | A− | — | C− | B− |
Climax Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pavilion Township, Brady Township, Comstock Township and Climax Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pavilion Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pavilion Township grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #553 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C+ for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
