Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
38% more nonprofits per person than the typical Michigan town.
Lexington Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $232K for a typical one, or 3.9 years of the county’s $59K median household income. It grades B overall, 342nd of 697 graded towns in Michigan. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 75% of the country. On the plus side, its schools outperform 76% of the state's. 36% of residents are 65 or older in Lexington Township, above both Michigan’s towns (19%) and U.S. towns (18%). Lexington Township has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them John L. Fead House and William Reuben Nims House. Lexington Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Where Lexington Township beats most towns.
John L. Fead HouseWhere Lexington 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 Lexington Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 953 in 1880, a low of 326 in 1940, 943 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1859 and 3 maps from 1963 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lexington 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 Lexington Township.
Lexington Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and is a second-home town.
FEMA puts 46% of Lexington Township’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 33% to inland flooding. On expected storm and flood damage, Lexington Township sits below 96% of U.S. communities. 2 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1986.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
That grade comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $232K.
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Croswell-Lexington Community Schools. Lexington Township’s only public school teaches 275 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyer Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 275 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Against the 8,350 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lexington Township’s, it is less healthy than 59%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
14% of adults have diabetes in Lexington Township. In Lexington Township, 16% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 29% get no exercise outside work.
| Lexington Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 25% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Lexington Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.8% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.6% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lexington Township’s average trip to work comes in at 28 minutes. Just 8% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Lexington Township shed 66 jobs between 2011 and 2021, to 563. The top destinations are Croswell (13%), Port Huron (11%) and Worth Township (8%).
| Lexington Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 8.9% | 10% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
The Yale 1 Nnw weather station, 15 miles away, records that 41 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 77% of Michigan places with climate records.
July afternoons reach 80° and January nights drop to 17°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails total 3.5 miles in 5 parks and preserves. Lexington Township’s concentration of trails stands at 0.1 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Lexington Park, at 24 acres.
| Lexington Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.5% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lester Street Park | 0.3 mi | 12 |
| 2. Lexington Park | — | 24 |
| 3. Sanilac Shores Underwater Preserve | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes are within reach (about $232K for the typical one, B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 21 miles.
Zillow values the typical Lexington Township home at about $232,000, up 3.2% in a year, 12% below the Michigan typical home. In Lexington Township, the midpoint rent is $731 a month. For households in the town, the share who live in a home they own is 86%.
| Lexington Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $731 a month | $1,047 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 86% | 84% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
None within 15 miles of Lexington Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Lexington Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
5 places in Lexington Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Village in Michigan, United States
Lexington is a village in Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Lexington had a population of 943. The village is located within Lexington Township.
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4 towns share a border with Lexington Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Township · Lexington | #342 | B | B+ | — | A− | C− |
| Buel Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C− |
| Worth Township | #632 | D | C+ | — | A− | C− |
| Washington Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C− |
Buel Township and Washington Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Lexington Township, Buel Township, Worth Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Lexington and Lexington Township are one community, graded once. Compare Lexington Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Lexington Township grades B overall, better than 57% of U.S. towns and #342 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C− for health and A− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
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+.
