Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,921, established in 1840.
Tuscola Township’s best subject grades are an A− for schools and an A for history; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Only 21 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on hazard risk. A typical home costs about $197K, 3.1 years of the county’s $64K median household income. On history, just 79 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better. Tuscola Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Tuscola Township beats most towns.
Where Tuscola 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 Tuscola Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1848 and 4 maps from 1963 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tuscola 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 Tuscola Township.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke S Lutheran School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 16 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Tuscola Township for work: only 5% work in town. 5.9% of Tuscola Township residents live below the poverty line, where Michigan’s towns sit at 8.9% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Tuscola Township’s average trip to work is 27 minutes.
| Tuscola Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.6% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Tuscola Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 41% of Tuscola Township adults have obesity, against 37% in Michigan’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Tuscola Township.
| Tuscola Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Tuscola Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.7% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 8.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Tuscola Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Tuscola Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Children under 18 are 17% of residents (21% statewide). The median age in Tuscola Township is 44.4 years. Tuscola Township has lost 2.1% of its people since 2020, down to 1,921 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Tuscola Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 44.4 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 26% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.3 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Tuscola Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.3% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.5% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.5% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 44.1% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.5% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.7% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.3% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
| Tuscola Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tuscola Township. Close and well known come first.
22 mi MuseumUSS Edson
23 mi MuseumSloan Museum
36 mi GardenDow Gardens
22 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum18 mi MuseumCrossroads Village (Michigan)
23 mi MuseumFlint Institute of ArtsUSS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Flint Institute of Arts: Blueskiesfalling at English Wikipedia, Public domain
None within 15 miles of Tuscola Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Tuscola Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Township in Michigan, United States
Tuscola Township ( tuss-KOH-lə) is a civil township of Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,978 at the 2020 census. The city of Vassar is to the northeast and incorporates some land from the survey township that forms the basis for the present civil township.
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5 towns share a border with Tuscola Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscola Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C |
| Vassar | #676 | D | B+ | D | C+ | C |
| Frankenmuth Township | — | — | C− | — | A | B+ |
| Denmark Township | #412 | B− | A− | — | B− | B− |
| Vassar Township | #561 | C | A+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Arbela Township | #575 | C− | B | — | B | C− |
Tuscola Township and Frankenmuth Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Tuscola Township, Frankenmuth Township, Denmark Township, Vassar Township and Arbela Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Tuscola 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 B+.
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