Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Duplain Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and history; its weakest is a C for incomes. On history, just 100 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Elsie Park, at 35 acres. Duplain Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Duplain Township beats most towns.
Grist Mill Bridge, Dam and Mill Site| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| EE Knight Elementary School | 3–5 | 296 |
| OvidElsie Middle School | 6–8 | 293 |
| OvidElsie High School | 9–12 | 372 |
Where Duplain Township’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 Duplain Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 3 maps from 1918 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Duplain 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Duplain Township.
Half commute less than 25 miles. Employers in Duplain Township shed 217 jobs between 2011 and 2021, to 508. Only 10% of working residents stay in Duplain Township for work; the rest commute out. The median household income for Duplain Township comes to $63,000.
| Duplain Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.2% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
The largest public high school is OvidElsie High School, with 372 students. Public schools: the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools. Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| EE Knight Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 296 | C+ |
| OvidElsie High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 372 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A third of Duplain Township adults sleep under 7 hours, near the Michigan town median (34%) and below the median of U.S. towns (36%). Among adults in the town, 28% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Duplain Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Duplain Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.1% | 8.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.9% |
| More adults with arthritis | 32.3% | 29.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Half of Duplain Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 22%. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 52% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
There are 0.8 miles of trail across 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Elsie Park | — | 35 |
| 2. Duplain Township Park | 0.1 mi | 4 |
| 3. Friendship Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Duplain Township
About 1 of every 100 Duplain Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Duplain Township is a civil township of Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,303 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Duplain Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duplain Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C+ |
| Ovid Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Greenbush Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B− |
| Elba Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| Fairfield Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Middlebury Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Bingham Township | #128 | A− | B | — | A− | B |
Duplain Township, Ovid Township, Greenbush Township, Elba Township and Middlebury Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Duplain Township, Ovid Township, Greenbush Township, Elba Township, Middlebury Township and Bingham Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Fairfield Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Duplain Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 A.