Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Bridgeport Township earns a D, 674th of 697 graded towns in Michigan, mostly because of health and schools. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 90% of the country. Its schools rank behind 84% of the state's. In its favor, homes are within reach, about $174K for a typical one, or 2.9 years of the Saginaw metro’s $61K median household income. On hazard risk, just 96 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. State Street Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Bridgeport Township beats most towns.
Where Bridgeport Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Bridgeport Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 8,569 in 1990, 6,571 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 2 maps from 1919 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bridgeport 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Bridgeport Township.
Bridgeport Township gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Michigan; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Michigan (mostly inland flooding).
The share of adults in Bridgeport Township who say their health is fair or poor is 27%, where Michigan’s towns sit at 19% and U.S. towns at 19%. For adults here, the share who have high blood pressure is 44%. The town beats the Michigan average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17. Among adults in the town, 34% get no exercise outside work and 25% worry about having enough food.
| Bridgeport Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 25% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 36% | 35% |
| What stands out | Bridgeport Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.3% | 15.9% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.8% | 77.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 14.5% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The largest public high school is Bridgeport High School, with 501 students. Three of its 7 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. Its public schools are run by the Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin G Atkins Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–5 | Grades 2–5 | 381 | D |
| Bridgeport High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 501 | D |
| MG Millet Learning CenterTop results in townGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 158 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
In Bridgeport Township, the rate of reported violence is 5.4 per 1,000 residents. The town’s property crime rate stands at 11.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Bridgeport Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.4 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 11.3 per 1,000 residents | 7.8 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Typical home values rose 3.3% in the year to September 2026. Bridgeport Township’s midpoint rent comes in at $711 a month. On the market locally: a median 83 days to sell.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Just nearly a tenth of Bridgeport Township’s working residents have a job in town. Bridgeport Township: nearly a fifth of residents live below the poverty line; by contrast, in Bridgeport Township, the income of the median household is $52,000, below both the Michigan town median ($77,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Half commute less than 11 miles.
| Bridgeport Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $52,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.3% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
6.1 miles of trail wind through 4 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, 496 acres with 1.1 miles of trail. The concentration of trails for Bridgeport Township comes to 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Bridgeport Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.2% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Price Nature Center | 3.1 mi | 171 |
| 2. Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge | 1.1 mi | 496 |
| 3. Lyle Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The Saginaw #3 weather station, 6 miles away, records that 41 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 77% of Michigan places with climate records.
July afternoons reach 83° and January nights drop to 16°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of Michigan towns, with expected losses of about $375 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Of the losses FEMA expects in Bridgeport Township, 60% come from inland flooding and 16% from cold waves. The town’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 56 of 100. Since 1985, 28 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bridgeport Township. Close and well known come first.
18 mi MuseumUSS Edson
25 mi MuseumSloan Museum
27 mi GardenDow Gardens6 mi Zoo & aquariumChildren's Zoo at Celebration Square
7 mi TheatreTemple Theatre
18 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship MuseumUSS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dow Gardens: Chris.Schiemann, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Temple Theatre: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bridgeport Township
About 4 of every 100 Bridgeport Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
Bridgeport is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 6,571 at the 2020 census. The community is located within Bridgeport Township. As an unincorporated community, Bridgeport has no legal autonomy of its own but does have its own post office with the 48722 ZIP Code.
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5 towns share a border with Bridgeport Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport Township | #674 | D | A | C− | C− | D |
| Saginaw | #692 | D− | B | D− | C | D− |
| Buena Vista Township | #683 | D | B+ | D− | C | D− |
| Spaulding Township | — | — | A | — | C− | D− |
| Taymouth Township | #446 | C+ | B+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Frankenmuth Township | — | — | C− | — | A | B+ |
Spaulding Township and Frankenmuth Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Spaulding Township, Taymouth Township and Frankenmuth Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bridgeport Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bridgeport Township grades D overall, better than 8% of U.S. towns and #674 of 697 in Michigan. It grades D for health, C− for safety and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
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.
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