Middlebury TownshipMI
A town of 1,528. Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Middlebury Township a good place to live?
Middlebury Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and schools; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Middlebury Township’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, where Michigan’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 46 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on walkability. Only 31 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors. Middlebury Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Middlebury Township stand out
Where Middlebury Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Middlebury Township for work
Where Middlebury Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Middlebury Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Middlebury Township is from typical.
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Moving to Middlebury Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Middlebury 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 Middlebury Township.
Residents of Middlebury Township are less healthy than 76% of U.S. towns
Middlebury Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Middlebury Township, above both Michigan’s towns (27%) and U.S. towns (23%). 16% of adults report frequent physical distress in Middlebury Township.
| Middlebury Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Middlebury Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 17.6% | 14.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.1% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Middlebury Township’s public schools outperform 72% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Ovid-Elsie Area Schools. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–2 | Grades K–2 | 284 | – |
| OvidElsie Comm EdAlt HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 30 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Middlebury Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Middlebury Township for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Owosso (10%), Owosso Township (6%) and Ovid (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.
| Middlebury Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.7% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Middlebury Township
Middlebury Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 16° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Middlebury Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Middlebury Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Middlebury Township
About 6 of every 100 Middlebury Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Middlebury Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Middlebury Township is a civil township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,529. The township is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the city of Owosso. The village of Ovid had a very small portion within Middlebury Township until Ovid incorporated as an autonomous city in 2015. M-21 passes east–west through the center of the township.
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- Area
- 25 sq mi
- Elevation
- 741 ft
Middlebury Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Middlebury Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlebury Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Ovid | — | — | A | — | B+ | C− |
| Fairfield Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Owosso Township | #596 | C− | B | — | C+ | C− |
| Ovid Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Duplain Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C+ |
Middlebury Township, Ovid, Ovid Township and Duplain Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Middlebury Township, Ovid, Owosso Township, Ovid Township and Duplain Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Fairfield Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Middlebury Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Middlebury Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Middlebury Township, MI a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Middlebury 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+.