Venice TownshipMI
A town of 2,424, settled in 1851.
Is Venice Township a good place to live?
Venice Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and schools; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Venice Township’s median age is 49.9 years, above both the Michigan town median (42.5 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Only 91 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors. Venice Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Venice Township for work
Where Venice Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Venice Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Venice Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Venice Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Venice 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 Venice Township.
Venice Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Venice Township for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2011, Venice Township has added 140 jobs, to 263 in 2021. 14% of Venice Township residents live below the poverty line, above both Michigan’s towns (8.9%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Venice Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Venice Township
Venice Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Venice Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Venice Township are less healthy than 61% of U.S. towns
Venice Township beats the Michigan average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Venice Township.
| Venice Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Venice 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
Venice Township has set aside 1.2% of its land for conservation
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lennon Lions Community Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Venice Township. Close and well known come first.
31 mi MuseumEli and Edythe Broad Art Museum150K visitors a year
16 mi MuseumSloan Museum
34 mi Zoo & aquariumPotter Park Zoo
16 mi MuseumFlint Institute of Arts18 mi MuseumCrossroads Village (Michigan)
34 mi MuseumR. E. Olds Transportation MuseumPhoto credits
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Potter Park Zoo: Dj1997, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Flint Institute of Arts: Blueskiesfalling at English Wikipedia, Public domain · R. E. Olds Transportation Museum: kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0
Everything we know about Venice Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Venice Township
About 4 of every 100 Venice Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Venice Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Venice Township is a civil township of Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,422 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 38 sq mi
- Elevation
- 748 ft
Venice Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Venice Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Vernon Township | #269 | B+ | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Hazelton Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C |
| Caledonia Township | #450 | C+ | A− | — | B− | C |
| Clayton Township | #466 | C+ | C− | A | B | C+ |
| Gaines Township | #455 | C+ | C+ | — | B | B− |
Venice Township and Hazelton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Venice Township, Vernon Township, Hazelton Township, Caledonia Township and Gaines Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Venice Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Venice Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Venice 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 B+.