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A town of 1,597, settled in 1862. 83% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Bingham Township’s best subject grades are an A for schools, an A− for cost of living, and an A+ for civic life; its weakest is a D for incomes. Bingham Township’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, below both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. On civic life, just 75 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Verona State Game Area, at 489 acres. Bingham Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Bingham Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Ubly Community Elementary School | K–5 | 308 |
| Ubly Community JrSr High School | 6–12 | 305 |
Where Bingham 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 Bingham Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1904 and 2 maps from 1963 on.
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.
Ordered by what stands out in Bingham Township.
Its public schools are run by the Ubly Community Schools. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Ubly Community JrSr High School, with 305 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubly Community Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 308 | A− |
| Ubly Community JrSr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 305 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Bingham Township for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Bingham Township fell to 270 in 2021, 170 fewer than in 2011. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Bingham Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 8.9% and U.S. towns at 9.6%.
| Bingham Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.9% | 10% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Bingham Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Bingham Township.
| Bingham Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Bingham Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.4% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 17.3% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bingham Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Bingham Township is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
4.1 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Bingham Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Bingham Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Veterans Memorial Park | 0.3 mi | 7 |
| 2. Verona State Game Area | — | 489 |
| 3. Hoover Farm Park | — | 154 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
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.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Bingham Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,642. The township is named for Kinsley S. Bingham, a U.S. representative and U.S. senator from and governor of Michigan.
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4 towns share a border with Bingham Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham Township | — | — | A− | — | A | C |
| Paris Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Austin Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sheridan Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Verona Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
Bingham Township and Verona Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bingham Township and Verona Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Paris Township, Austin Township and Sheridan Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bingham Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
83% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $157,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.