| Official Name: | Claybanks Township, Michigan |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Michigan |
| Coordinates: | 43.5231°N -86.4403°W |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name2: | Oceana |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 62.2 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 24.0 |
| Area Land Km2: | 61.8 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 23.9 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.4 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.1 |
| Elevation M: | 249 |
| Elevation Ft: | 817 |
| Population Total: | 855 |
| Population Density Km2: | 12.5 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 32.4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 49437 (Montague), 49446 (New Era), 49455 (Shelby) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Blank Info: | 26-16200[1] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1626091 |
Claybanks Township is a civil township of Oceana County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 855 at the 2020 census.
Claybanks Township was established in 1855.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 24sqmi, of which, 23.9sqmi of it is land and 0.2sqmi of it (0.62%) is water.
As of the 2010 census Claybanks Township had a population of 777. The ethnic and racial makeup of the population was 96.0% white, 1.3% African-American, 2.7% Native American, 2.1% from some other race and 5.5% Hispanic or Latino.[6]
As of the census of 2000, there were 831 people, 313 households, and 240 families residing in the township. The population density was 34.8sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 511 housing units at an average density of 21.4/mi2. The racial makeup of the township was 96.27% White, 0.24% African American, 0.48% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 1.32% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.97% of the population.
There were 313 households, out of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.7% were married couples living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.3% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.07.
In the township the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.4 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $41,319, and the median income for a family was $45,833. Males had a median income of $35,652 versus $22,262 for females. The per capita income for the township was $17,351. About 4.4% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.3% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.