Bingham TownshipClinton County, MI
A town of 2,973. 25% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Is Bingham Township a good place to live?
Bingham Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, ranked 128th of 697 in Michigan, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 82% of Michigan towns. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $77K. A typical home there costs about $241K, 3.3 years of the Lansing metro’s $73K median household income. On the outdoors, just 98 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Bingham Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 83% of U.S. towns. Bingham Township’s median age is 46 years, against 42.5 years in Michigan’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns.
What makes Bingham Township stand out
Where Bingham Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Clinton County Education Center | PK–12 | 42 |
98% of working residents leave Bingham Township for work
Where Bingham Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Bingham Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Bingham Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Bingham Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bingham 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 Bingham Township.
Bingham Township’s grade for schools is an A−
Its public schools are run by the Clinton County RESA school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton County Education CenterLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 42 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Bingham Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Bingham Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Bingham Township for work: only 2% work in town. 6.6% of Bingham Township residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are St.
| Bingham Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.6% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Bingham Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Bingham Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 17° and about 50 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Michigan overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (38% statewide). 24% of residents are under 18 in Bingham Township. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Bingham Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 24% | 21% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 19% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Bingham Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.5% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.4% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.8% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.7% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.9% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.7% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.4% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.6% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.5% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.3% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,000, single groups can be off by several points
Residents of Bingham Township are healthier than 56% of U.S. towns
Bingham Township beats the Michigan average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1.
| Bingham 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) | 6.2% | 6.5% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Bingham Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.7% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.2% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 3.9% of Bingham Township
Just 798 of its 20,400 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Bingham Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. City of St Johns Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bingham Township. Close and well known come first.
17 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
18 mi Zoo & aquariumPotter Park Zoo
17 mi MuseumR. E. Olds Transportation Museum
17 mi GardenW. J. Beal Botanical Garden
17 mi MuseumImpression 5 Science Center
17 mi MuseumMichigan State University MuseumPhoto credits
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Potter Park Zoo: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0 · W. J. Beal Botanical Garden: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Impression 5 Science Center: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Michigan State University Museum: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Bingham Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Bingham Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Bingham Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Bingham Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Bingham Township is a civil township of Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 2,919. The township is named for politician Kinsley S. Bingham, who served as Michigan's 11th governor and also a U.S. representative and senator. Bingham Township surrounds the city of St. Johns, but the two are administered autonomously.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 32 sq mi
- Elevation
- 748 ft
Bingham Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Bingham Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham Township | #128 | A− | B | — | A− | B |
| Olive Township | #93 | A | B+ | — | A− | A− |
| Greenbush Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Bengal Township | — | — | B | — | A | B |
| Ovid Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Duplain Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C+ |
Greenbush Township, Bengal Township, Ovid Township and Duplain Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bingham Township, Olive Township, Greenbush Township, Bengal Township, Ovid Township and Duplain Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bingham Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Bingham Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bingham Township, MI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Bingham Township grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #128 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B for health and A− for schools.
Is Bingham 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.