Sheridan Township (Clare), MI location, 2019
Sheridan Township’s story
Sheridan Township in pictures
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2019.
Explore the history →Sheridan TownshipMI
A town of 1,652.
Population
1,652
2025 Census estimate · +6.4% since 2020
Median home value
$202K
Census ACS
Household income
$64K
median
Median age
22.8
years
Jobs based here
83
A commuter town
Is Sheridan Township a good place to live?
The best of Sheridan Township’s subject grades is a B+ for civic life; the weakest is a D for incomes. Only 14 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors. Sheridan Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sheridan Township stand out
Where Sheridan Township beats most towns.
A commuter town
99% of working residents leave Sheridan Township for work
Where Sheridan Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
83jobs based in Sheridan Township
1%of working residents work in town
19 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2021
How Sheridan Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Sheridan Township is from typical.
Jobs & income83 jobs based hereDOpen →HealthMymichigan Medical Center Gladwin 12.4 miles awayDOpen →Hazard riskFEMA risk higher than 21% of U.S. communities; inland flooding tops the listA−Open →SchoolsBOpen →WalkabilityEPA walkability 4.2 of 20; 31.5% of households have no car; 10.9% of workers walk, bike or ride transitB−Open →Cost of livingTypical home $202K, 4.1 years of the county’s $49K median household incomeB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors3 miles of trailsD−Open →HistoryC+Open →Civic life2.8 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsB+Open →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Sheridan Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sheridan Township, and how to reach them.
PowerConsumers Energy20.7¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Sheridan Township’s trash rules yet
Register to voteOnlineIn Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereSheridan Township ClerkThe town itself; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Nov 2025
ZIP codes48617, 4861248617 98% · 48612 2%Census 2020
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 Sheridan Township.
HealthD
On CDC estimates, Sheridan Township is less healthy than 88% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Sheridan Township, 19% smoke cigarettes, above both the Michigan town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). In Sheridan Township, a fifth of adults report frequent mental distress.
12%healthier than U.S. townsDHealth Grade
| Sheridan Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
32 measures vs. Michigan
0 better14 too close to call18 worse
| What stands out | Sheridan Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.6% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.5% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 19.4% | 14.6% |
Mymichigan Medical Center Gladwin
12.4 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
SchoolsB
Public schools in Sheridan Township beat 59% of Michigan districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
59%of MI districts it outscoresBSchool Grade
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Dover School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 27 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade A−
Sheridan Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
48% of Sheridan Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by strong winds at 19%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in nearly four fifths of U.S. communities.
21risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingStrong windCold waves
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D
Fewer of Sheridan Township’s working residents work locally than in the typical Michigan or U.S. town
The typical household income in Sheridan Township is $64,000. Among residents in the town, 21% live below the poverty line, against 8.9% in Michigan’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Half of commuters travel less than 19 miles. The top destinations are Clare (9%), Grant Township (8%) and Mount Pleasant (6%).
1%work in town
| Sheridan Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
In Sheridan Township1%
Clare9%
Grant Township8%
Mount Pleasant6%
Midland5%
19 mi
median commute distance
83
jobs based in Sheridan Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Climate
Sheridan Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
The range runs from 14° on a January night to 82° on a July afternoon, with about 49 inches of snow a winter.
49″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter17–32°
Spring33–56°
Summer56–80°
Fall39–59°
Oct 4
typical first frost
May 9
typical last frost
+1.8°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
OutdoorsD−
0% of Sheridan Township is conserved land
3.3 miles of trail. Sheridan Township’s trail network density comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile.
0%conserved
0%
conserved · 5 of 23,194 acres
3.3 mi
of trails · 0.1 per sq mi
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Sheridan Township
18pages on Sheridan Township
The big questions
Out and about
The story
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sheridan Township
About 1 of every 100 Sheridan Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Sheridan Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Sheridan Township is a civil township of Clare County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,548 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 791 ft
Sheridan Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Sheridan Township.
Grant TownshipBeaverton TownshipWise TownshipArthur TownshipVernon TownshipSheridan Township
How the neighbors grade
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Township | — | — | B− | — | B | D |
| Grant Township | #658 | D | C+ | — | B− | D |
| Beaverton Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | C− |
| Wise Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Arthur Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vernon Township | — | — | B− | — | B | D |
Sheridan Township, Beaverton Township, Wise Township and Vernon Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Sheridan Township, Grant Township, Beaverton Township, Wise Township and Vernon Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Arthur Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sheridan Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Sheridan Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sheridan 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 B−.