Clarendon TownshipMI
A town of 1,182, settled in 1840.
Is Clarendon Township a good place to live?
The best of Clarendon Township’s subject grades are a B+ for history and civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. 17% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Clarendon Township, against 26% in Michigan’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 59 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Clarendon Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Clarendon Township stand out
Where Clarendon Township beats most towns.
1,182 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Clarendon Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Clarendon Township is from typical.
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Moving to Clarendon Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clarendon 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 Clarendon Township.
Very low risk in Clarendon Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Clarendon Township are less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns
Clarendon Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 18% of Clarendon Township adults smoke cigarettes, where Michigan’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 14%. 41% of Clarendon Township adults have obesity.
| Clarendon Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| What stands out | Clarendon Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.1% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 18.3% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Clarendon Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Clarendon Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2011, Clarendon Township has added 194 jobs, to 223 in 2021. The average trip to work in Clarendon Township is 29 minutes.
| Clarendon Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.7% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Clarendon Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Clarendon Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 43 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Clarendon Township Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Air Zoo and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clarendon Township. Close and well known come first.
36 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
12 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic17 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park Zoo
36 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year31 mi Theme parkFun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo
39 mi MuseumKalamazoo Institute of ArtsPhoto credits
Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: 72elyod, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Clarendon Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Clarendon Township
About 1 of every 100 Clarendon Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
96% of working residents leave Clarendon Township for work
Where Clarendon Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Clarendon Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Clarendon Township is a civil township of Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,181 at the 2020 census. The township is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 971 ft
Questions about Clarendon Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clarendon 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.