Bengal TownshipMI
A town of 1,135, settled in 1850. 48% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Bengal Township a good place to live?
The best of Bengal Township’s subject grades are an A for schools and civic life; the weakest is a C for walkability. 96% of households own their home in Bengal Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 84% and U.S. towns at 73%. On the outdoors, just 30 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Bengal Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Bengal Township stand out
Where Bengal Township beats most towns.
1,135 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Bengal Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Bengal Township is from typical.
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Moving to Bengal Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bengal 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 Bengal Township.
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Bengal Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Bengal Township for work: only 3% work in town. 3.8% of Bengal Township residents live below the poverty line, against 8.9% in Michigan’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Bengal Township fell to 131 in 2021, 44 fewer than in 2011.
| Bengal Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 10% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Bengal Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Bengal Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 50 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bengal Township ranks healthier than 58% of the country’s towns
Bengal Township beats the Michigan average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of Bengal Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Bengal Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 6.1% | 6.5% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Bengal Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.5% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.7% | 11.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
An age mix much like Michigan’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Michigan average. The median age in Bengal Township is 46.6 years. 32% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Bengal Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.6 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 26% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.8 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Bengal Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.6% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.3% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.6% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.4% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.6% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.8% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.8% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.2% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.3% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 23% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.1% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.2% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.3% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,100, single groups can be off by several points
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Bengal Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Bengal Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Bengal Township; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Bengal Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
97% of working residents leave Bengal Township for work
Where Bengal Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Bengal Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Bengal Township is a civil township of Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,138 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 735 ft
Questions about Bengal Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bengal Township, MI a good place to live?
48% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Bengal 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.