Speaker TownshipMI
A town of 1,330, settled in 1871.
Is Speaker Township a good place to live?
The best of Speaker Township’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for incomes. Speaker Township’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, above both Michigan’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. Speaker Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,330 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Speaker Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Speaker Township is from typical.
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Moving to Speaker Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Speaker 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 Speaker Township.
Residents of Speaker Township are less healthy than 85% of U.S. towns
Speaker Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 20% of Speaker Township adults smoke cigarettes, against 15% in Michigan’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Speaker Township.
| Speaker Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| What stands out | Speaker Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 19.5% | 14.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.5% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Speaker Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Speaker Township for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Speaker Township grew to 159 in 2021, 139 more than in 2011. Speaker Township’s median household income is $54,000.
| Speaker Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $54,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 8.1% | 10% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Speaker Township
Speaker Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Speaker Township is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Speaker Township, with cold waves at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
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Everything we know about Speaker Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Speaker Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Speaker Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
98% of working residents leave Speaker Township for work
Where Speaker Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Speaker Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Speaker Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,343 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 814 ft
Questions about Speaker Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Speaker 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−.