Bloomer TownshipMI
A town of 6,567, settled in 1883.
Is Bloomer Township a good place to live?
Bloomer Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $194K for a typical one, or 2.3 years of the Grand Rapids metro’s $83K median household income. It grades B− overall, 391st among Michigan's 697 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 80% of the country. 9.4% of residents are 65 or older in Bloomer Township, below both Michigan’s towns (19%) and U.S. towns (18%). Only 124 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score lower on the outdoors. The biggest park or preserve is West Park, at 23 acres.
What makes Bloomer Township stand out
Where Bloomer Township beats most towns.
Bloomer Township has grown 67% since 2010
3,904 counted in 2010 and 6,352 in 2020; an estimated 6,567 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Bloomer Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Bloomer Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Bloomer Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bloomer 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 Bloomer Township.
Compared with most of Michigan and the rest of the country, more of Bloomer Township’s adults have obesity
45% of adults have obesity in Bloomer Township. Bloomer Township beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 25% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Bloomer Township.
| Bloomer Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bloomer Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 8.9% |
| More uninsured adults | 10.3% | 6.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bloomer Township’s schools rank behind 60% of Michigan districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson City Correctional FacilityLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | – | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Bloomer Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Bloomer Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2011, Bloomer Township has lost 36 jobs, to 565 in 2021. The top destinations are Carson City (7%), Ionia (5%) and Lansing (5%).
| Bloomer Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 8.7% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Bloomer Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bloomer Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Bloomer Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bloomer Township has set aside 2.2% of its land for conservation
Just 480 of its 22,133 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Bloomer Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Bloomer Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Bloomer Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.2% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. West Park | 0.2 mi | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Bloomer Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bloomer Township
About 2 of every 100 Bloomer Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
96% of working residents leave Bloomer Township for work
Where Bloomer Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Bloomer Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Bloomer Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 6,352, up from a population of 3,904 in the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 774 ft
Bloomer Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Bloomer Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomer Township | #391 | B− | A+ | — | C+ | C− |
| Carson City | — | — | A | — | C+ | D |
| Crystal Township | #582 | C− | A− | — | C+ | C− |
| North Plains Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| Bushnell Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C− |
| North Shade Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Carson City, North Plains Township and Bushnell Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bloomer Township, Carson City, Crystal Township, North Plains Township and Bushnell Township report no FBI crime data of their own. North Shade Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bloomer Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Bloomer Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bloomer Township, MI a good place to live?
Bloomer Township grades B− overall, better than 51% of U.S. towns and #391 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C− for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Bloomer 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 A+.