A town of 2,992, settled in 1870. A typical home worth about $178K.
The 3 things Bad Axe does most differently from other towns.
Where Bad Axe’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
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The typical Bad Axe home is worth about $178,000, up 2.4% in a year, 33% below the Michigan typical home.
Bad Axe beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13.
| What stands out | Bad Axe | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.6% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 12% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.4% | 7% |
0.9 miles of trails across 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bad Axe City Park | 0.7 mi | 35 |
| 2. Huron County Fairgrounds | — | 53 |
| 3. Wilcox Park | — | 10 |
About one in 4 of Bad Axe’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Colfax (11%), Winsor (6%) and Verona (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 7% of U.S. communities.
Bad Axe has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 80°, a January night drops to 15°, and about 43 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
The public schools Bad Axe’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 52% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Axe Middle School | 3–6 | 227 | B− |
| Bad Axe Elementary School | K–2 | 191 | Not graded |
| Bad Axe High School | 7–12 | 336 | B |
| Ascent High School | 9–12 | 37 | D |
Bad Axe reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 51% report less.
9 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
6 notable people were born in Bad Axe.
City in Michigan, United States
Bad Axe is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Huron County in the Thumb region of the Lower Peninsula. The population was 3,021 at the 2020 census, making it the largest community in Huron County and second largest in the Upper Thumb, after Caro.
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2 towns share a border with Bad Axe.
