Blackman TownshipMI
A town of 24,987.
Is Blackman Township a good place to live?
Blackman Township grades D overall, 657th of 697 graded towns in Michigan, mostly because of health and safety. Residents are less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, including 130 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. What it does well: natural-hazard risk is low. Blackman Township’s property crime rate is 25 per 1,000 residents, above both Michigan’s towns (7.8) and U.S. towns (9.9). Only 56 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns score lower on civic life. The biggest park or preserve is Rod Mills Park, at 89 acres.
What makes Blackman Township stand out
Where Blackman Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 11,376 people come to Blackman Township for work
Where Blackman Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Blackman Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Blackman Township is from typical.
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Moving to Blackman Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Blackman 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 Blackman Township.
Blackman Township draws workers from Jackson and beyond and is mostly renters, but it has seen reported crime rise beyond ordinary swings.
About one in six working residents works right in Blackman Township
12,628 jobs are based in Blackman Township, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 18 minutes, against 24.2 across Michigan.
Most working residents leave Blackman Township for work: only 16% work in town. Blackman Township’s average trip to work is 18 minutes. Since 2011, Blackman Township has added 3,779 jobs, to 12,628 in 2021.
| Blackman Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
On state tests, Blackman Township’s schools trail 59% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Northwest Community Schools. Two of its 15 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Northwest High School, with 958 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Early Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–2 | Grades K–2 | 848 | – |
| Northwest High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 958 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Blackman Township’s grade for health is a C−
42% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Blackman Township. Blackman Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 20% of adults report frequent mental distress in Blackman Township.
| Blackman Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Blackman Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.1% | 10.2% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.8% | 8.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 8.4% | 6.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Blackman Township’s grade for safety is a C−
Reported crimes rose from 1,045 to 1,113 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Blackman Township is 3.3 per 1,000 residents. Blackman Township reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 80% report less.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Blackman Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Blackman Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Blackman Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 17° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Blackman Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. R.A. Greene Park | 0.6 mi | 17 |
| 2. Rod Mills Park | 0.1 mi | 89 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Blackman Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Blackman Township
About 5 of every 100 Blackman Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
Blackman Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Blackman Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackman Township | #657 | D | C+ | C− | C+ | C− |
| Jackson | #678 | D | B+ | D− | C | D− |
| Summit Township | #647 | D | B− | — | C | C− |
| Rives Township | #613 | C− | B− | — | C+ | C |
| Sandstone Township | #314 | B | B | — | B | C+ |
| Leoni Township | #532 | C | B | — | C | C |
Summit Township, Rives Township, Sandstone Township and Leoni Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Blackman Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Blackman Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Blackman Township, MI a good place to live?
Blackman Township grades D overall, better than 11% of U.S. towns and #657 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C− for health, C− for safety and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Blackman 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+.