Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Sodus Township’s subject grades is a B+ for history; the weakest is a D for schools. Sodus Township’s average trip to work is 17 minutes, below both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On the outdoors, just 36 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Rock S. Edwards Farmstead is on the National Register of Historic Places. Sodus Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Sodus Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Sodus 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 Sodus Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and 3 maps from 1927 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sodus 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 Sodus Township.
Its public schools are run by the Sodus Township S/D #5 school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| River SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 70 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Sodus Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 40% of Sodus Township adults sleep under 7 hours, where Michigan’s towns sit at 34% and U.S. towns at 36%. 16% of Sodus Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Sodus Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Sodus Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.1% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.4% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Sodus Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2011, Sodus Township has lost 94 jobs, to 506 in 2021. The top destinations are Benton Township (17%), St.
| Sodus Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Sodus Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 18° and about 78 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Sodus Township home is worth about $244,000, up 5.2% in a year, 8% below the Michigan typical home. 86% of households own their home in Sodus Township.
| Sodus Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $992 a month | $1,046 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sodus Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
36 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
24 mi CaveGrotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame
14 mi State parkWarren Dunes State Park
16 mi Ancient siteFort St. Joseph
25 mi MuseumStudebaker National MuseumNotre 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
2 within 15 miles of the center of Sodus Township
About 4 of every 100 Sodus Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Sodus Township is a civil township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,995 at the 2020 census. There are no incorporated municipalities in the township. The unincorporated community of Sodus in the northwest of the township is its main settlement; the portion of the township just to the west is part of the Benton Harbor/St. Joseph urban area.
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4 towns share a border with Sodus Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodus Township | — | — | B | — | D | C− |
| Royalton Township | #267 | B+ | C− | — | A− | A− |
| Oronoko Township | #523 | C | B− | — | C− | B |
| Benton Township | #697 | D− | B− | D− | D− | D− |
| Pipestone Township | — | — | B+ | — | C− | C |
Sodus Township and Pipestone Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Sodus Township, Royalton Township, Oronoko Township and Pipestone Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sodus Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 3.7 years of the area's median household income ($65,425 across the Niles, MI metro 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.
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