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The Bridgeport Township handbook

Living in Bridgeport Township, MI: what to set up and who to call

Bridgeport Township runs its own elections, so the Bridgeport Township Clerk, not a county office, keeps the voter rolls. Children in Bridgeport Township attend Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Bridgeport Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Bridgeport Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Consumers Energy

Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Bridgeport Township. Its homes paid an average of 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $134 a month (its average across Michigan).

Start or move service: consumersenergy.com · (800) 477-5050

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Bridgeport Township water system

The Bridgeport Township water system supplies Bridgeport Township: about 65% of residents live in its service area. About 28% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists City of Saginaw as seller) and serves 10,104 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.9 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2024, was 1.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.5 ppb. That’s higher than 64% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MI0000840.

Internet

5 home internet providers serve Bridgeport Township

96% of 4,514 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 1% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber93%1,000/50
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL54%100/20
Air AdvantageFixed wireless, Fiber3%10/1
VerizonFixed wireless70%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless34%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Bridgeport Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Bridgeport Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Bridgeport Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Bridgeport Township kids go to
PK–1Thomas White SchoolBridgeport-Spaulding Community School District
2–5Martin G Atkins Elementary SchoolBridgeport-Spaulding Community School District
6–8BridgeportSpaulding Middle SchoolSchrahBridgeport-Spaulding Community School District
9–12Bridgeport High SchoolBridgeport-Spaulding Community School District

Bridgeport Township is in Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District.

C−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Bridgeport Township spans 3 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Bridgeport Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Bridgeport TownshipZIP’s residents in Bridgeport Township
48601Saginaw, MI62%19%
48722Bridgeport, MI29%93%
48415Birch Run, MI9%10%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Bridgeport Township

Who supplies Bridgeport Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Bridgeport Township water system (EPA ID MI0000840). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.9 ppb (Jan–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Bridgeport Township?

Consumers Energy (Consumers Energy Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 20.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Bridgeport Township?

Spectrum, AT&T, Air Advantage, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Bridgeport Township?

48601 (62%), 48722 (29%), 48415 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Bridgeport Township in?

Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District.

How do I register to vote in Bridgeport Township?

In Michigan you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Bridgeport Township Clerk. Check your registration at mvic.sos.state.mi.us.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.