Kenockee TownshipMI
A town of 2,376, settled in 1856. Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Kenockee Township a good place to live?
Kenockee Township’s best subject grade is an A for schools; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Kenockee Township’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, above both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). No town in Michigan scores lower than Kenockee Township on walkability. The median household income is $62K, and 23% of residents live below the poverty line. Kenockee Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Kenockee Township stand out
Where Kenockee Township beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Kenockee Township for work
Where Kenockee Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Kenockee Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Kenockee Township is from typical.
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Moving to Kenockee Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kenockee 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 Kenockee Township.
Kenockee Township’s public schools outperform 91% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Yale Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avoca Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 243 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Health in Kenockee Township trails 77% of U.S. towns
Kenockee Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Kenockee Township, against 15% in Michigan’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Kenockee Township.
| Kenockee Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Kenockee Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 18.9% | 14.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8.1% |
| More adults in frequent physical distress | 16.3% | 14% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Kenockee Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Kenockee Township for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2011, Kenockee Township has added 20 jobs, to 73 in 2021. 7.1% of Kenockee Township workers work from home.
| Kenockee Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.1% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
In Kenockee Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Kenockee Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Kenockee Township is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Kenockee Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Kenockee Township has set aside 0.4% of its land for conservation
3.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Kenockee Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Kenockee Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. James and Alice Brennan Memorial Nature Sanctuary | 1.6 mi | 118 |
| 2. Alton D. McGaw Memorial Plant Preserve | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Kenockee Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Kenockee Township
About 2 of every 100 Kenockee Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Kenockee Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Kenockee Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,405 at the 2020 Census.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 732 ft
Kenockee Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Kenockee Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenockee Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | C− |
| Wales Township | #317 | B | A− | — | B+ | B |
| Emmett Township · Emmett | #261 | B+ | B | — | A− | C+ |
| Clyde Township | #458 | C+ | B+ | — | C+ | B |
| Greenwood Township | — | — | B− | — | A | C− |
| Ruby | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Kenockee Township and Greenwood Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Kenockee Township, Wales Township, Emmett Township, Clyde Township and Greenwood Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Ruby isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Emmett and Emmett Township are one community, graded once. Compare Kenockee Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Kenockee Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kenockee Township, MI a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Kenockee Township, MI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.