Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Clio’s best subject grade is an A for history; its weakest is a C− for health. 20% of residents live below the poverty line in Clio, against 8.9% in Michigan’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Clio is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 72% of U.S. towns. Clio has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Clio Depot and Mauk & Hammer/Houghton Elevator. Clio has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Clio beats most towns.
Clio DepotWhere Clio’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 Clio is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 489 in 1880, 2,525 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1873 and 4 maps from 1920 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clio, 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 Clio.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 87% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Clio Area School District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clio Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 564 | C+ |
| Clio Learning CenterLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | – | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Clio beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 30% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Clio, where Michigan’s towns sit at 27% and U.S. towns at 23%. 36% of Clio adults feel lonely.
| Clio | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Clio | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.5% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 8.1% |
| More adults in frequent physical distress | 16.6% | 14% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Clio for work: only 3% work in town. Clio’s average trip to work is 33 minutes. Jobs based in Clio fell to 564 in 2021, 943 fewer than in 2011.
| Clio | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Clio has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 40 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Clio home is worth about $222,000, up 1.1% in a year, 16% below the Michigan typical home. 55% of households own their home in Clio.
| Clio | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 55% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $790 a month | $1,046 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
People 65 and older are 24% of residents (19% statewide). The median age in Clio is 47.9 years. Clio has lost 2.4% of its people since 2020, down to 2,478 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Clio | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.9 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 26% | 29% |
58% women, 42% men
About 73 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±6.4 points). Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Clio | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.7% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.8% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 5.9% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.7% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.7% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.9% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.7% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39.2% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.5% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17.1% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.5% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.5% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
| Clio | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Clio Park | 0.2 mi | 14 |
| 2. Clio Skate Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clio. Close and well known come first.
31 mi MuseumUSS Edson
11 mi MuseumSloan Museum7 mi MuseumCrossroads Village (Michigan)
11 mi MuseumFlint Institute of Arts
31 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum20 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration SquareUSS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Flint Institute of Arts: Blueskiesfalling at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5
3 within 15 miles of the center of Clio
About 2 of every 100 Clio residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
3 notable people were born in Clio.
City in Michigan, United States
Clio ( ) is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located entirely within Vienna Township, but is administratively autonomous. As of the 2020 census, Clio had a population of 2,525. Along with the rest of Genesee County, Clio is part of the Flint metropolitan statistical area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 3.6 years of the area's median household income ($62,281 across the Flint, MI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
3 notable people were born here, including Ezra Dwight Sanderson and James Waterman Glover.
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