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A town of 4,037, settled in 1858.
Taymouth Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $208K, 3.4 years of the Saginaw metro’s $61K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 446th among Michigan's 697 graded towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 99% of U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 58 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Morseville Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places.
4,520 counted in 2010 and 4,065 in 2020; an estimated 4,037 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Taymouth Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 4 maps from 1919 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Taymouth 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Taymouth Township.
Taymouth Township sends most of its workers to Saginaw and beyond and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Michigan; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Michigan (mostly inland flooding).
Taymouth Township has 93 jobs for its 1,427 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Taymouth Township for work: only 3% work in town. 2.4% of Taymouth Township residents live below the poverty line, where Michigan’s towns sit at 8.9% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Jobs based in Taymouth Township grew to 93 in 2021, 22 more than in 2011.
| Taymouth Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
The Saginaw #3 weather station, 11 miles away, records that 41 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 77% of Michigan places with climate records.
Taymouth Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83° and January nights drop to 16°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
That puts Taymouth Township below both the Michigan town median (4.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). 4.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest place to walk is Taymouth Township Park, 63 acres with 2.6 miles of trail.
| Taymouth Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Taymouth Township Park | 2.6 mi | 63 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Michigan towns, with expected losses of about $305 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Taymouth Township’s FEMA risk score is 62 of 100. Since 1985, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Taymouth Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Taymouth Township beats the Michigan average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of Taymouth Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Taymouth Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 36% | 35% |
| What stands out | Taymouth Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.9% | 11.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.3% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Taymouth Township. Close and well known come first.
25 mi MuseumUSS Edson
19 mi MuseumSloan Museum
32 mi GardenDow Gardens16 mi MuseumCrossroads Village (Michigan)11 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration Square
25 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship MuseumUSS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5
None within 15 miles of Taymouth Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Taymouth Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Where Taymouth Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Taymouth Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,065 at the 2020 Census.
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5 towns share a border with Taymouth Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taymouth Township | #446 | C+ | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Montrose Township | #435 | C+ | B− | A− | B− | C− |
| Albee Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C |
| Bridgeport Township | #674 | D | A | C− | C− | D |
| Burt | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Birch Run Township | #358 | B− | B− | — | A− | B− |
Albee Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Taymouth Township, Albee Township and Birch Run Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Burt isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Taymouth Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Taymouth Township grades C+ overall, better than 44% of U.S. towns and #446 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
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+.
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