Clyde TownshipMI
A town of 2,096.
Is Clyde Township a good place to live?
Clyde Township’s best subject grade is an A for the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 19 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. A typical home costs about $211K, 2.5 years of the Holland area’s $83K median household income. 54% of the land in Clyde Township is conserved, above both Michigan’s towns (4.4%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Allegan State Game Area, at 12,239 acres with 14.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. On civic life, just 54 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns do worse. Clyde Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Clyde Township stand out
Where Clyde Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Clyde Township for work
Where Clyde Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Clyde Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Clyde Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Clyde Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clyde 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 Clyde Township.
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Clyde Township
16 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Allegan State Game Area | 14.1 mi | 12,239 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Clyde Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Clyde Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2011, Clyde Township has added 32 jobs, to 55 in 2021. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Clyde Township, above both the Michigan town median (8.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Clyde Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Low risk in Clyde Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Clyde Township is less healthy than 68% of U.S. towns
Clyde Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 14% of Clyde Township adults have diabetes.
| Clyde Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Clyde Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 10.5% | 6.9% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8% | 7% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 22.1% | 19.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Clyde Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Clyde Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 109 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Clyde Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Clyde Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Clyde Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Clyde Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Clyde Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,060 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 646 ft
Clyde Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Clyde Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Lee Township | #655 | D | A | — | C− | D− |
| Ganges Township | #512 | C+ | B+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Fennville | — | — | A+ | — | C+ | C |
| Manlius Township | #295 | B | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| Valley Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C |
Clyde Township, Fennville and Valley Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Clyde Township, Lee Township, Ganges Township, Fennville, Manlius Township and Valley Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Clyde Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Clyde Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clyde Township, MI expensive?
Not for the 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+.