Wayne TownshipMI
A town of 2,463, settled in 1842.
Is Wayne Township a good place to live?
The best of Wayne Township’s subject grades is a B for cost of living; the weakest is a D for incomes. On incomes, just 116 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. 21% of residents live below the poverty line in Wayne Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 8.9% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On the outdoors, just 60 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Wayne Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Wayne Township stand out
Where Wayne Township beats most towns.
95% of working residents leave Wayne Township for work
Where Wayne Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Wayne Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Wayne Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wayne Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wayne 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 Wayne Township.
Wayne Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Wayne Township fall behind 65% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Dowagiac Union School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kincheloe Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 214 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Health in Wayne Township trails 78% of U.S. towns
Wayne Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 16% of Wayne Township adults report frequent physical distress, against 14% in Michigan’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 28% of Wayne Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Wayne Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Wayne Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.6% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 8.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 8.4% | 6.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Wayne Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.7 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Wayne Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2011, Wayne Township has added 252 jobs, to 610 in 2021. Wayne Township’s median household income is $61,000.
| Wayne Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $61,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Wayne Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Wayne 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
Everything we know about Wayne Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Wayne Township
About 3 of every 100 Wayne Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Wayne Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Wayne Township is a civil township of Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,576 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 781 ft
Wayne Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Wayne Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | C− |
| Dowagiac | #628 | C− | A− | D | C | D |
| Hamilton Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | C− |
| Volinia Township | — | — | B | — | B | C |
| LaGrange Township | #484 | C+ | A− | — | C | C |
Wayne Township, Hamilton Township and Volinia Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wayne Township, Hamilton Township, Volinia Township and LaGrange Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wayne Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Wayne Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wayne Township, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.