Thomas TownshipMI
A town of 11,900. Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Thomas Township a good place to live?
Thomas Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, ranked 401st of 697 in Michigan, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 82% of Michigan towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $192K, 3.2 years of the Saginaw metro’s $61K median household income. Only 94 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on hazard risk. 28% of residents are 65 or older in Thomas Township, above both Michigan’s towns (19%) and U.S. towns (18%). Only 55 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns score lower on civic life.
What makes Thomas Township stand out
Where Thomas Township beats most towns.
94% of working residents leave Thomas Township for work
Where Thomas Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Thomas Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Thomas Township is from typical.
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USS Edson and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Thomas Township. Close and well known come first.
17 mi MuseumUSS Edson
15 mi GardenDow Gardens
14 mi City parkChippewa Nature Center
36 mi MuseumSloan Museum
17 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum9 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration SquarePhoto credits
USS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chippewa Nature Center: Christian Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Moving to Thomas Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Thomas 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 Thomas Township.
Thomas Township sees little violent crime, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Michigan (mostly inland flooding).
For schools, Thomas Township earns an A−
The largest public high school is Swan Valley High School, with 504 students. The public schools here belong to the Swan Valley School District. Of its 6 schools, three are listed below, each with the reason.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Valley Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 408 | B |
| Swan Valley High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 504 | B |
| Robert B Havens Elem SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 390 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
With only 0.5 jobs per working resident, most people in Thomas Township work out of town
The top destinations are Saginaw (19%), Saginaw Township (15%) and Midland (7%). Commuting out is the norm in Thomas Township: 6% of working residents work locally. Also worth knowing: jobs in Thomas Township grew by 385 from 2011 to 2021, reaching 2,321. Half of commuters travel less than 10 miles.
| Thomas Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Thomas Township has set aside 5.3% of its land for conservation
Trails run 6.1 miles in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Roethke Park, 150 acres with 2.1 miles of trail. The trail network density for Thomas Township comes to 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Thomas Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.3% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Roethke Park | 2.1 mi | 150 |
| 2. Roberts Park | 0.3 mi | 47 |
| 3. Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge | — | 44 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A older population than Michigan as a whole
In Thomas Township, the age of the median resident is 49.7 years. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 31%, against 32% across Michigan.
| Thomas Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.7 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 26% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.1 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 51.2, men 48.8.
| Thomas Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.8% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.8% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.3% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.8% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.3% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.2% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.9% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.3% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.2% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.7% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.6% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Thomas Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 16°, with about 49 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Thomas Township is healthier than 57% of U.S. towns
38% of Thomas Township adults have high blood pressure. The town does better than the Michigan average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2.
| Thomas Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 36% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Thomas Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9% | 11.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.8% | 8.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Thomas Township: inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of Michigan towns, with expected losses of about $389 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Thomas Township’s risk rating from FEMA comes in at 56 of 100. 83 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 1986. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 62% come from inland flooding and 15% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Crime per resident in Thomas Township is lower than in 53% of U.S. towns
Violent crime is rare: 20 reported in 2025, 1.7 per 1,000 residents.
The violent offense rate here is 1.7 per 1,000 residents. Thomas Township’s property offense rate stands at 8.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Thomas Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.8 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.7 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Everything we know about Thomas Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Thomas Township
About 5 of every 100 Thomas Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
About Thomas Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Thomas Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 Census places the population at 11,931.
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- Area
- 32 sq mi
- Elevation
- 600 ft
Thomas Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Thomas Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Township | #401 | B− | C+ | B− | A− | B |
| Saginaw Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shields | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Swan Creek Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | C+ |
| Tittabawassee Township | #263 | B+ | C | — | A | B+ |
| James Township | — | — | B− | — | A | B− |
| Richland Township | #356 | B− | C | B+ | B+ | B |
Swan Creek Township and James Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Swan Creek Township, Tittabawassee Township and James Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Saginaw Township and Shields aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Thomas Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Thomas Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Thomas Township, MI a good place to live?
Thomas Township grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #401 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B for health, B− for safety and A− for schools.
Is Thomas 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+.