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Raisinville Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $240K, 3.1 years of the Monroe metro’s $77K median household income. It grades B overall, 349th among Michigan's 697 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $90K. On hazard risk, just 72 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 97 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse.
Where Raisinville Township beats most towns.
Where Raisinville Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Raisinville Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 967 in 1850, 5,903 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and 3 maps from 1912 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Raisinville 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 Raisinville Township.
Raisinville Township sends most of its workers to Monroe and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Michigan (mostly inland flooding) and trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Raisinville Township has 204 jobs for its 2,464 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Raisinville Township for work: only 2% work in town. Raisinville Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, above both Michigan’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). 3.9% of Raisinville Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Raisinville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Monroe Public Schools. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raisinville SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 443 | B+ |
| Meadow Montessori School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 119 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Against the 9,954 U.S. towns with household incomes like Raisinville Township’s, it is less healthy than 85%, so it trails even them.
Raisinville Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 41% of Raisinville Township adults have obesity, against 37% in Michigan’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 27% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Raisinville Township.
| Raisinville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Raisinville Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.6% | 10.2% |
| More adults with arthritis | 32.3% | 29.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
People 65 and older are 27% of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (22% statewide). Raisinville Township’s median age is 49.4 years. Raisinville Township has grown 3.5% since 2020, to 6,136 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Raisinville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 28% | 19% | 18% |
| Median age | 49.4 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Raisinville Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.4% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.2% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.1% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.4% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.8% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.9% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.5% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.6% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.2% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Raisinville Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. Among 701 Michigan towns, just 6 have a higher July high than Raisinville Township.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Raisinville Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Raisinville Township River Raisin Access | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of Michigan towns, with expected losses of about $409 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Raisinville Township is 60 of 100. Since 1982, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Raisinville Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Raisinville Township
About 5 of every 100 Raisinville Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Raisinville Township is a civil township of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,903 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Raisinville Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raisinville Township | #349 | B | A− | — | B | C |
| Frenchtown Township | #595 | C− | B | — | C+ | C |
| Dundee Township | #160 | A− | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Exeter Township | #585 | C− | B− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Monroe Township | #619 | C− | B | — | C | C− |
| Ida Township | #136 | A− | B+ | — | A | B |
| London Township | #390 | B− | C+ | — | A− | B− |
Raisinville Township, Frenchtown Township, Dundee Township, Exeter Township, Monroe Township, Ida Township and London Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Raisinville Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Raisinville Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #349 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
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−.