Bloomingdale TownshipMI
A town of 3,074, founded in 1855.
Is Bloomingdale Township a good place to live?
Bloomingdale Township earns a D, 633rd of 697 graded towns in Michigan, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 88% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $66K, and 26% of residents live below the poverty line. What it does well: natural-hazard risk is low. 26% of residents live below the poverty line in Bloomingdale Township, above both the Michigan town median (8.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The biggest park or preserve is Shady Brook Park, at 20 acres.
What makes Bloomingdale Township stand out
Where Bloomingdale Township beats most towns.
95% of working residents leave Bloomingdale Township for work
Where Bloomingdale Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Bloomingdale Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Bloomingdale Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Bloomingdale Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bloomingdale 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 Bloomingdale Township.
Bloomingdale Township gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has poverty well above the Michigan rate and has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Bloomingdale Township’s grade for health is a D
17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Bloomingdale Township. Bloomingdale Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Bloomingdale Township.
| Bloomingdale Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Bloomingdale Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.2% | 8.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.6% | 10.2% |
| More smokers | 19.4% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bloomingdale Township’s public schools trail 67% of Michigan districts
Its public schools are run by the Bloomingdale Public School District. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Bloomingdale Middle and High School, with 516 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 272 | C− |
| Bloomingdale Middle and High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 516 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Bloomingdale Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based here fell from 596 in 2011 to 351.
Most working residents leave Bloomingdale Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2011, Bloomingdale Township has lost 245 jobs, to 351 in 2021. The top destinations are Kalamazoo (9%), Allegan (9%) and Portage (6%).
| Bloomingdale Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $66,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Bloomingdale Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Bloomingdale Township
The Bloomingdale weather station records that 109 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 98% of U.S. towns.
Bloomingdale Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83° and January nights drop to 18°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical home in Bloomingdale Township is valued at about $236K
The typical Bloomingdale Township home is worth about $236,000, up 6.9% in a year, 11% below the Michigan typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Conserved land covers 3.1% of Bloomingdale Township
1.5 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shady Brook Park | — | 20 |
| 2. Three Legged Lake Public Access | — | 4 |
| 3. Eagle Lake Public Access | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Air Zoo and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bloomingdale Township. Close and well known come first.
21 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
26 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year
18 mi MuseumKalamazoo Institute of Arts
18 mi MuseumMichigan Maritime Museum
18 mi MuseumKalamazoo Valley Museum33 mi GardenJean Klock ParkPhoto credits
Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: 72elyod, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Michigan Maritime Museum: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kalamazoo Valley Museum: Cody Hough, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Bloomingdale Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Bloomingdale Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Bloomingdale Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Bloomingdale Township
Village in Michigan, United States
Bloomingdale is a village in Van Buren County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 513 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Bloomingdale Township and is the township seat. In the 1930s oil was discovered within the village limits, but pumping has now ceased due to lack of oil. Bloomingdale was thought to be a rising city but when the oil ceased, so did the attraction. Michigan's Department of Natural Resources considers Bloomingdale to be the midpoint on the Kal-Haven Trail, which runs directly through the main four corners and business district. The downtown Augustus Haven Park with its Depot Museum is a picnic stop for trail users.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 732 ft
- ZIP code
- 49026
Bloomingdale Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Bloomingdale Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale Township | #633 | D | B+ | — | C | D |
| Columbia Township | #696 | D− | B− | — | C− | D |
| Gobles | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pine Grove Township | #470 | C+ | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Cheshire Township | — | — | A− | — | C | D |
| Waverly Township | #573 | C− | B− | — | B− | C |
Cheshire Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Bloomingdale Township, Columbia Township, Pine Grove Township, Cheshire Township and Waverly Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Gobles isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bloomingdale Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Bloomingdale Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bloomingdale Township, MI a good place to live?
Bloomingdale Township grades D overall, better than 15% of U.S. towns and #633 of 697 in Michigan. It grades D for health and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Bloomingdale Township, MI expensive?
Not for the area. That is 3.5 years of the area's median household income ($68,114 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.