Pipestone TownshipMI
A town of 2,127, organized in 1842.
Is Pipestone Township a good place to live?
Pipestone Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for history; its weakest is a D for walkability. Pipestone Township’s median age is 48 years, against 42.5 years in Michigan’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Pipestone Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Pipestone Township stand out
Where Pipestone Township beats most towns.
94% of working residents leave Pipestone Township for work
Where Pipestone Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Pipestone Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Pipestone Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Pipestone Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pipestone 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 Pipestone Township.
Pipestone Township’s schools rank behind 83% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Eau Claire Public Schools. No of its 1 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Health in Pipestone Township trails 75% of U.S. towns
Pipestone Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Pipestone Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 14%. 40% of adults have high blood pressure in Pipestone Township.
| Pipestone Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Pipestone Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.6% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.7% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Pipestone Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Pipestone Township for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2011, Pipestone Township has lost 43 jobs, to 276 in 2021. The average trip to work in Pipestone Township is 22 minutes.
| Pipestone Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Pipestone Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Pipestone Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Pipestone Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 18° and about 87 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Pipestone Township has set aside 3.4% of its land for conservation
5.0 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Pipestone Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Village Park | — | 7 |
| 2. Lions Park | — | 4 |
| 3. Black Lake Public Access | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Notre Dame Stadium and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pipestone Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
39 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
22 mi CaveGrotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame
17 mi State parkWarren Dunes State Park
15 mi Ancient siteFort St. Joseph
24 mi MuseumStudebaker National MuseumPhoto credits
Notre Dame Stadium: Tysto, Public domain · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame: Know1one1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Warren Dunes State Park: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort St. Joseph: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Studebaker National Museum: Unknown, Public domain
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Everything we know about Pipestone Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Pipestone Township
About 4 of every 100 Pipestone Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Pipestone Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Pipestone Township is a civil township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,177 at the 2020 census. The township was organized on February 16, 1842.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 748 ft
Pipestone Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Pipestone Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipestone Township | — | — | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Berrien Township | #574 | C− | B− | — | C− | C+ |
| Bainbridge Township | #631 | D | B+ | — | C− | D− |
| Sodus Township | — | — | B | — | D | C− |
| Silver Creek Township | #516 | C | B+ | — | C | C− |
Pipestone Township and Sodus Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pipestone Township, Berrien Township, Bainbridge Township, Sodus Township and Silver Creek Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pipestone Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Pipestone Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pipestone 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 B+.