Carrollton TownshipMI
A town of 5,585, settled in 1864.
Is Carrollton Township a good place to live?
Carrollton Township grades D− overall, 690th among Michigan's 697 graded towns, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $50K, and 34% of residents live below the poverty line. 35% of residents live below the poverty line in Carrollton Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 8.9% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On hazard risk, just 8 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 75% of U.S. towns.
96% of working residents leave Carrollton Township for work
Where Carrollton Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Carrollton Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Carrollton Township is from typical.
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USS Edson and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Carrollton Township. Close and well known come first.
11 mi MuseumUSS Edson
2 mi TheatreTemple Theatre
19 mi GardenDow Gardens3 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration Square
11 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum
33 mi MuseumSloan MuseumPhoto credits
USS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Temple Theatre: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Carrollton Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Carrollton 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 Carrollton Township.
Carrollton Township is healthier than towns with similar incomes and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Michigan; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Michigan (mostly inland flooding).
Carrollton Township stands out in Michigan and nationally: a larger share of its adults report frequent mental distress
Against the 5,932 U.S. towns with household incomes like Carrollton Township’s, it is less healthy than 65%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
22% of Carrollton Township adults report frequent mental distress. Carrollton Township beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17. 37% of Carrollton Township adults feel lonely.
| Carrollton Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Carrollton Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.7% | 8.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.9% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Carrollton Township fall behind 74% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Carrollton Public Schools. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Carrollton High School, with 431 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 662 | D |
| Carrollton High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 431 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Most of Carrollton Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here fell from 2,185 in 2011 to 1,008. The average commute for its 2,038 working residents takes 16.6 minutes, against 24.2 across Michigan.
Most working residents leave Carrollton Township for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Carrollton Township is 17 minutes. Jobs based in Carrollton Township fell to 1,008 in 2021, 1,177 fewer than in 2011.
| Carrollton Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $50,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
The FEMA risk score in Carrollton Township is higher than in most of Michigan or the rest of the country
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of Michigan towns, with expected losses of about $418 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Carrollton Township’s FEMA risk score is 77 of 100. Since 1981, 28 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Carrollton Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Carrollton Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
The Saginaw #3 weather station records that 41 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 77% of Michigan places with climate records.
Carrollton Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83° and January nights drop to 16°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Everything we know about Carrollton Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Carrollton Township
About 7 of every 100 Carrollton Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Carrollton Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Carrollton Township ( KAR-əl-tən) is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,750 at the 2020 census. Established in 1866, Carrollton contains a full-time police department, fire department, parks and recreation services, as well as its own public school system, Carrollton Public Schools. Along with being located on the Saginaw River, Carrollton offers close access to shopping malls, medical facilities, Saginaw Valley State University, and I-75. At only 3.34 square miles (8.7 km2) of land area, Carrollton Township is the fourth-smallest township in the state of Michigan, after Novi Township, Royal Oak Charter Township, and Pointe Aux Barques Tow…
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- Area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 587 ft
Carrollton Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Carrollton Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton Township | #690 | D− | C+ | C+ | C | D |
| Saginaw · Saginaw Township | #692 | D− | B | D− | C | D− |
| Zilwaukee | — | — | B− | — | C | C− |
Zilwaukee has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Zilwaukee reports no FBI crime data of its own. Saginaw Township and Saginaw are one community, graded once. Compare Carrollton Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Carrollton Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Carrollton Township, MI a good place to live?
Carrollton Township grades D− overall, better than 3% of U.S. towns and #690 of 697 in Michigan. It grades D for health, C+ for safety and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Carrollton 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 C+.