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The Clinton Township handbook

Living in Clinton Township, MI: what to set up and who to call

To register to vote, go to the Clinton Township Clerk: Clinton Township runs its own elections. The closest public drop-off to Clinton Township is Sterling Heights Recycling Center, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Clinton Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Clinton Township.

Electricity

Power comes from DTE

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Clinton Township. Its homes paid an average of 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $126 a month (its average across Michigan, for customers on its standard service). Michigan lets you buy power from another supplier; 0% of DTE’s home customers do, and DTE still delivers it.

Start or move service: www.dteenergy.com · (800) 477-4747

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Clinton Township water system

The Clinton Township water system supplies Clinton Township: about 96% of residents live in its service area. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Great Lakes Water Authority as seller) and serves 100,513 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 86% of the 332 systems serving 100,001–250,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 50% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MI0001480.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Clinton Township

100% of 28,474 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 26% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
XfinityCable99%2,000/250
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber90%5,000/5,000
WOW!Cable89%1,200/50
T-MobileFixed wireless56%100/20
VerizonFixed wireless46%300/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Curbside recycling in Clinton Township: every week

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Clinton Township, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerPriority Waste picks up at the curb for every homeclintontownship.com
Curbside recyclingEvery weekRecycling picked up at the curbclintontownship.com
What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Mixed paper & newspaper
  • Flattened cardboard & boxboard
  • Rigid Plastics #1 - #7
  • Aluminum cans & foil
  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Tin and steel cans
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsCall to bookSmall quantities: no appointment needed, place at curb on regular trash day. Large cleanouts requiring scheduled pickup: call Priority Waste at 586-228-1200.

We couldn’t find pickup days or drop-off hours. Check clintontownship.com →

From clintontownship.com, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Clinton Township kids go to
PK–56 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Clinton Township (49%) is in Chippewa Valley Schools; parts are in L'Anse Creuse Public Schools (17%) and Clintondale Community Schools (14%) and Fraser Public Schools (12%) and Mount Clemens Community School District (8%).

A−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Clinton Township spans 3 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Clinton Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Clinton TownshipZIP’s residents in Clinton Township
48038Clinton Township, MI44%100%
48035Clinton Township, MI34%100%
48036Clinton Township, MI22%100%

A few homes fall in 48043.

Area code586Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Clinton Township

Who supplies Clinton Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Clinton Township water system (EPA ID MI0001480). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 86% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.2 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Clinton Township?

DTE (DTE Electric Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Clinton Township?

Xfinity, AT&T, WOW!, T-Mobile, Verizon (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Clinton Township?

48038 (44%), 48035 (34%), 48036 (22%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Clinton Township in?

Chippewa Valley Schools. Parts of the city are in L'Anse Creuse Public Schools and Clintondale Community Schools and Fraser Public Schools and Mount Clemens Community School District.

How do I register to vote in Clinton Township?

In Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Clinton Township Clerk. Check your registration at mvic.sos.state.mi.us.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: Clinton Township’s own website (clintontownship.com), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.