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A town of 3,105, established in 1838.
Bennington Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $188K for a typical one, or 2.8 years of the Owosso area’s $67K median household income. It grades B− overall, 354th among Michigan's 697 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $101K. Bennington Township’s median age is 56.5 years, against 42.5 years in Michigan’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 99% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 57 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse.
Where Bennington Township beats most towns.
Where Bennington 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 Bennington Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 maps from 1926 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bennington 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 Bennington Township.
Bennington Township sends most of its workers to Owosso and beyond, but it has little public open land and trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Bennington Township has 114 jobs for its 1,158 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Bennington Township for work: only 1% work in town. 3.7% of Bennington Township residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Owosso (8%), East Lansing (7%) and Meridian Township (4%).
| Bennington Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.7% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Vale Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 66 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Against the 8,429 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bennington Township’s, it is less healthy than 93%, so it trails even them.
Bennington Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Bennington Township.
| Bennington Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bennington Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 8.1% |
| More adults in frequent physical distress | 15.8% | 14% |
| More adults with arthritis | 32.4% | 29.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bennington Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just 295 of its 23,413 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Bennington Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bennington Township Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bennington Township. Close and well known come first.
18 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
21 mi Zoo & aquariumPotter Park Zoo
28 mi MuseumSloan Museum
21 mi MuseumR. E. Olds Transportation Museum
18 mi GardenW. J. Beal Botanical Garden
28 mi MuseumFlint Institute of ArtsEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Potter Park Zoo: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0 · W. J. Beal Botanical Garden: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Flint Institute of Arts: Blueskiesfalling at English Wikipedia, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bennington Township
About 10 of every 100 Bennington Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Bennington Township is a civil township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 3,119. Bennington Township is the center of population of the state of Michigan. The township was established in 1838 and was named after Bennington, Vermont, which was the former home of the first settlers in the area.
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4 towns share a border with Bennington Township.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Shiawassee Township (B−) comes closest.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennington Township | #354 | B− | A− | — | B− | C |
| Shiawassee Township | #389 | B− | B | — | B+ | C |
| Owosso Township | #596 | C− | B | — | C+ | C− |
| Sciota Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Perry Township | #469 | C+ | B | — | B | C+ |
Sciota Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Bennington Township, Shiawassee Township, Owosso Township, Sciota Township and Perry Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bennington Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bennington Township grades B− overall, better than 55% of U.S. towns and #354 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
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 A−.
