Blumfield TownshipMI
A town of 1,848, settled in 1856. Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Blumfield Township a good place to live?
The best of Blumfield Township’s subject grades are an A for incomes and schools; the weakest is a D for walkability. On hazard risk, just 28 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the outdoors, just 53 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Blumfield Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Blumfield Township stand out
Where Blumfield Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Blumfield Township for work
Where Blumfield Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Blumfield Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Blumfield Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Blumfield Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Blumfield 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 Blumfield Township.
Compared with most of Michigan and the rest of the country, more of Blumfield Township’s adults have diabetes
16% of adults have diabetes in Blumfield Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 12%. 43% of Blumfield Township adults have high blood pressure. Blumfield Township beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| Blumfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 12% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 36% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Blumfield Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.6% | 77.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Blumfield Township’s schools rank ahead of 85% of Michigan districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immanuel Lutheran School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 85 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Most of Blumfield Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.7 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Blumfield Township for work: only 4% work in town. 2.6% of residents live below the poverty line in Blumfield Township, below both Michigan’s towns (8.9%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Jobs based in Blumfield Township grew to 571 in 2021, 304 more than in 2011.
| Blumfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.6% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Blumfield Township stands out in Michigan and nationally, with the FEMA risk score higher than most
Blumfield Township’s FEMA risk score is 70 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Blumfield Township
Blumfield Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
An age mix much like Michigan’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Michigan average. 24% of residents are under 18 in Blumfield Township. 32% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Blumfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 24% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 26% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 19% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.3 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Blumfield Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.1% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.7% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.4% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.4% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.9% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.6% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.3% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.3% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.8% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.4% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.6% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
USS Edson and 14 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Blumfield Township. Close and well known come first.
14 mi MuseumUSS Edson
29 mi MuseumSloan Museum
14 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum
28 mi GardenDow Gardens
9 mi TheatreTemple Theatre10 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration SquarePhoto credits
USS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Temple Theatre: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Blumfield Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Blumfield Township
About 2 of every 100 Blumfield Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Blumfield Township
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Blumfield Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the township population was 1,874.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 610 ft
Blumfield Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Blumfield Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blumfield Township | — | — | B− | — | A | D |
| Buena Vista Township | #683 | D | B+ | D− | C | D− |
| Denmark Township | #412 | B− | A− | — | B− | B− |
| Merritt Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Frankenmuth Township | — | — | C− | — | A | B+ |
Blumfield Township, Merritt Township and Frankenmuth Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Blumfield Township, Denmark Township, Merritt Township and Frankenmuth Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Blumfield Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Blumfield Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Blumfield Township, MI a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Is Blumfield 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 B−.