Clyde TownshipMI
A town of 5,422.
Is Clyde Township a good place to live?
Clyde Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $236K, 3.1 years of the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 458th among Michigan's 697 graded towns. On the plus side, it has 9 miles of trail. 21% of the land in Clyde Township is conserved, above both the Michigan town median (4.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 99% of U.S. towns. Port Huron State Game Area, at 4,752 acres with 2.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
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.
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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.
Most working residents commute out of Clyde Township
Clyde Township has 155 jobs for its 2,373 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 390 in 2011 to 155.
Most working residents leave Clyde Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2011, Clyde Township has lost 235 jobs, to 155 in 2021. 5.6% of Clyde Township workers work from home, where Michigan’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 11%.
| Clyde Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.6% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Woodsong County Park | 3.9 mi | 37 |
| 2. Port Huron State Game Area | 2.9 mi | 4,752 |
| 3. Bill Bearss Memorial Park | — | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Clyde Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Clyde Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Clyde Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Clyde Township ranks healthier than 64% of the country’s towns
Clyde Township beats the Michigan average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 27% of Clyde Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Clyde Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Clyde Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.2% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Clyde Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Clyde Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Clyde Township
About 4 of every 100 Clyde Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Clyde Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Clyde Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,523 at the 2020 Census. The township is named for the River Clyde in Scotland. In 1825, a Scotsman Robert Smart, with the backing of Detroit interests, built a mill on the Black River. Smart named the place "Clyde Mills", after the river in where he had lived as a boy. Clyde Township was organized in March 1836 and took its name from the settlement. When first organized, Clyde Township encompassed the area of what are now 20 townships. When Kimball Township was set off in 1855, the settlement by which Clyde Township derived its name became part of a different township. The settlement i…
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 696 ft
Clyde Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Clyde Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Township | #458 | C+ | B+ | — | C+ | B |
| Fort Gratiot Township | #297 | B | B+ | — | C+ | B |
| Grant Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | C− |
| Kenockee Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | C− |
| Kimball Township | #388 | B− | A− | — | B− | C+ |
| Ruby | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Port Huron Township | #644 | D | B− | — | C+ | D |
Grant Township and Kenockee Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Clyde Township, Fort Gratiot Township, Grant Township, Kenockee Township, Kimball Township and Port Huron Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Ruby isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Clyde Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Clyde Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clyde Township, MI a good place to live?
Clyde Township grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #458 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
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+.