Bainbridge TownshipMI
A town of 2,625, settled in 1836.
Is Bainbridge Township a good place to live?
Bainbridge Township earns a D, 631st of 697 graded towns in Michigan, mostly because of health and schools. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 97% of the country. Its schools rank behind 84% of the state's. One bright spot: natural-hazard risk is low. On the outdoors, just 47 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns.
What makes Bainbridge Township stand out
Where Bainbridge Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
95% of working residents leave Bainbridge Township for work
Where Bainbridge Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Bainbridge Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Bainbridge Township is from typical.
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Moving to Bainbridge Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bainbridge 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 Bainbridge Township.
Bainbridge Township sends most of its workers to Benton Township and beyond, but it has little public open land.
Bainbridge Township stands out in Michigan and nationally, with more of its adults who have diabetes
18% of Bainbridge Township adults have diabetes, against 12% in Michigan’s towns and 12% across U.S. towns. 45% of Bainbridge Township adults have high blood pressure. Bainbridge Township beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 22.
| Bainbridge Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Bainbridge Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.3% | 15.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.2% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 143 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Bainbridge Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Bainbridge Township
Bainbridge Township has 240 jobs for its 1,033 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Bainbridge Township for work: only 5% work in town. At 21 minutes, Bainbridge Township’s average trip to work is below both Michigan’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2011, Bainbridge Township has added 56 jobs, to 240 in 2021.
| Bainbridge Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.3% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Bainbridge Township
Bainbridge Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 18° and about 78 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bainbridge Township has set aside 0.1% of its land for conservation
Just 23 of its 22,495 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Bainbridge Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Bainbridge Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 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. Artesian Flow Roadside Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Bainbridge Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Bainbridge Township
About 3 of every 100 Bainbridge Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Bainbridge Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Bainbridge Township is a civil township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 2,682. It was organized in 1837. The name is a transfer from Bainbridge, New York.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 725 ft
Bainbridge Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Bainbridge Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge Township | #631 | D | B+ | — | C− | D− |
| Benton Township | #697 | D− | B− | D− | D− | D− |
| Pipestone Township | — | — | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Millburg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Keeler Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | D |
Pipestone Township and Keeler Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bainbridge Township, Pipestone Township and Keeler Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Millburg isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bainbridge Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Bainbridge Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bainbridge Township, MI a good place to live?
Bainbridge Township grades D overall, better than 15% of U.S. towns and #631 of 697 in Michigan. It grades D− for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Bainbridge 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+.