Spaulding TownshipMI
A town of 1,914.
Is Spaulding Township a good place to live?
Spaulding Township’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and history and an A− for the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for health. Spaulding Township’s median age is 58.1 years, against 42.5 years in Michigan’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Only 5 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on health. Spaulding Township's schools rank behind 84% of the state's. 44% of the land in Spaulding Township is conserved, where Michigan’s towns sit at 4.4% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, at 7,055 acres with 9.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Only 20 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns score lower on civic life. Spaulding Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Spaulding Township stand out
Where Spaulding Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Spaulding Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 24.3% | 8.7% |
95% of working residents leave Spaulding Township for work
Where Spaulding Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Spaulding Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Spaulding Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Spaulding Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spaulding 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 Spaulding Township.
Spaulding Township stands out in Michigan and nationally: a larger share of its adults say their health is fair or poor
36% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Spaulding Township. Only 7 of the 702 Michigan towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Spaulding Township. 38% of adults feel lonely in Spaulding Township.
| Spaulding Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 19% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 12% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Spaulding Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.1% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.1% | 8.9% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 24.3% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Spaulding Township
15 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge | 9.7 mi | 7,055 |
| 2. Shiawassee River State Game Area | — | 60 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Spaulding Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Spaulding Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2011, Spaulding Township has added 112 jobs, to 273 in 2021. The average trip to work in Spaulding Township is 22 minutes.
| Spaulding Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
In Spaulding Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Spaulding Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The FEMA risk score in Spaulding Township is higher than in the typical Michigan or U.S. town
Spaulding Township’s FEMA risk score is 67 of 100. Since 1979, 62 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Spaulding Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
USS Edson and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Spaulding Township. Close and well known come first.
20 mi MuseumUSS Edson
27 mi MuseumSloan Museum
24 mi GardenDow Gardens5 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration Square
7 mi TheatreTemple Theatre
20 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship MuseumPhoto credits
USS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Temple Theatre: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Everything we know about Spaulding Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Spaulding Township
About 1 of every 100 Spaulding Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Spaulding Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Spaulding Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,975 at the 2020 Census.
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- Area
- 27 sq mi
- Elevation
- 591 ft
Spaulding Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Spaulding Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spaulding Township | — | — | A | — | C− | D− |
| Saginaw | #692 | D− | B | D− | C | D− |
| James Township | — | — | B− | — | A | B− |
| Albee Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C |
| Bridgeport Township | #674 | D | A | C− | C− | D |
Spaulding Township, James Township and Albee Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Spaulding Township, James Township and Albee Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Spaulding Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Spaulding Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Spaulding 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 A.