Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,008, organized in 1866.
The best of Schoolcraft Township’s subject grades are an A− for cost of living and schools and an A for history; the weakest is a D for incomes. Schoolcraft Township’s density of trails is 1.2 miles per square mile, against 0.3 in Michigan’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Only 125 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on history. The biggest park or preserve is Schoolcraft Township Park, at 119 acres. Schoolcraft Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Schoolcraft Township beats most towns.
Where Schoolcraft 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 Schoolcraft Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 maps from 1954 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Schoolcraft 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 Schoolcraft Township.
In Schoolcraft Township, the FEMA risk score is 8 of 100. FEMA puts 58% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 30% to cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The public schools here belong to the Lake Linden-Hubbell School District. The largest public high school is Lake LindenHubbell Schools, with 327 students. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake LindenHubbell SchoolsLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 327 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
The median household income for Schoolcraft Township comes to $55,000, below both the Michigan town median ($77,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). This Michigan town had 213 jobs in 2021, up 35 from 2011. In Schoolcraft Township, the mean commuting time is 18 minutes. Only 4% of working residents stay in Schoolcraft Township for work; the rest commute out.
| Schoolcraft Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Schoolcraft Township. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Schoolcraft Township is ahead of Michigan on 1 and behind on 9. Two figures for adults in the town: 31% sleep under 7 hours, 14% have diabetes.
| Schoolcraft Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 36% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Schoolcraft Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.8% | 77.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.6% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Schoolcraft Township brings cold winters and cool summers. July afternoons reach 75° and January nights drop to 12°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Across 4 parks and preserves: 49 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake Linden Village Park | 1.2 mi | 106 |
| 2. Schoolcraft Township Park | 0.9 mi | 119 |
| 3. Houghton Douglass Falls Scenic Site | 0.7 mi | 57 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Schoolcraft Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi LakeLake Superior
31 mi MountainMount Arvon
8 mi National Historical ParkKeweenaw National Historical Park35K visitors a year19 mi Ski areaMount Bohemia21 runs · 814 ft vertical
14 mi MuseumA. E. Seaman Mineral Museum
14 mi MuseumCarnegie Museum of the KeweenawLake Superior: NASA, Public domain · Mount Arvon: Yinan Chen, Public Domain · Keweenaw National Historical Park: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum: Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw: Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Schoolcraft Township
About 5 of every 100 Schoolcraft Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
4 places in Schoolcraft Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Schoolcraft Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 1,992. The township was organized in 1866.
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5 towns share a border with Schoolcraft Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoolcraft Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | C |
| Calumet Township | #344 | B | A | — | B− | C |
| Torch Lake Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | C |
| Sherman Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hubbell | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lake Linden | — | — | A | — | A− | C− |
Schoolcraft Township, Torch Lake Township and Lake Linden have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Schoolcraft Township, Calumet Township, Torch Lake Township and Lake Linden report no FBI crime data of their own. Sherman Township and Hubbell aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Schoolcraft Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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−.
