Sciota TownshipMI
A town of 1,680. Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Sciota Township a good place to live?
The best of Sciota Township’s subject grades is an A− for schools; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Among 702 Michigan towns, just 2 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Sciota Township. 95% of households own their home in Sciota Township, above both Michigan’s towns (84%) and U.S. towns (73%). Sciota Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sciota Township stand out
Where Sciota Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Sciota Township for work
Where Sciota Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Sciota Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Sciota Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Sciota Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sciota 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 Sciota Township.
On state tests, Sciota Township’s schools beat 78% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Laingsburg Community Schools. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Laingsburg High School, with 340 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laingsburg High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 340 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Sciota Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Sciota Township for work: only 1% work in town. At 29 minutes, Sciota Township’s average trip to work is above both the Michigan town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Sciota Township grew to 65 in 2021, 27 more than in 2011.
| Sciota Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Sciota Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Sciota 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
Low risk in Sciota Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More middle-aged adults than Michigan overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide). The median age in Sciota Township is 47.5 years. 25% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Sciota Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.5 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 26% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Sciota Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.5% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.8% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.1% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.9% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.2% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.3% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.8% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.4% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.6% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
Sciota Township is healthier than 61% of U.S. towns
Sciota Township beats the Michigan average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 27% of Sciota Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Sciota Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.4% | 6.5% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Sciota Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.5% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bates Scout Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sciota Township. Close and well known come first.
14 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
17 mi Zoo & aquariumPotter Park Zoo
17 mi MuseumR. E. Olds Transportation Museum
34 mi MuseumSloan Museum
15 mi GardenW. J. Beal Botanical Garden
34 mi MuseumFlint Institute of ArtsPhoto credits
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Potter Park Zoo: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0 · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · W. J. Beal Botanical Garden: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Flint Institute of Arts: Blueskiesfalling at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Everything we know about Sciota Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Sciota Township
About 8 of every 100 Sciota Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Sciota Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Sciota Township is a civil township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population as of the last census is 1,688 in the 2020 census. The township mostly surrounds the city of Laingsburg, but the two are administered autonomously.
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- Area
- 27 sq mi
- Elevation
- 863 ft
Sciota Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Sciota Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sciota Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B |
| Laingsburg | — | — | B | A− | A− | B |
| Bennington Township | #354 | B− | A− | — | B− | C |
| Woodhull Township | #311 | B | B− | — | B | B |
| Victor Township | #338 | B | C+ | — | A− | B |
Sciota Township and Laingsburg have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Sciota Township, Bennington Township, Woodhull Township and Victor Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sciota Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Sciota Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sciota Township, MI a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Sciota 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+.