Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Brockway Township’s best subject grade is an A for schools; its weakest is a D for health. Brockway Township’s average trip to work is 41 minutes, against 25 minutes in Michigan’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Brockway Park, at 32 acres. Brockway Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Brockway Township beats most towns.
Where Brockway 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 Brockway Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 2 maps from 1961 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brockway 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 Brockway Township.
20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Brockway Township, above both Michigan’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (14%). 17% of Brockway Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Brockway Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Brockway Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.7% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.2% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 20% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Brockway Township for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Brockway Township fell to 103 in 2021, 62 fewer than in 2011. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Brockway Township.
| Brockway Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.2% | 10% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Brockway Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Brockway Township is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 59% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Brockway Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Brockway Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brockway Park | 0.5 mi | 32 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Brockway Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Brockway Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Brockway Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the township population was 1,897.
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5 towns share a border with Brockway Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brockway Township | — | — | B− | — | A | D |
| Lynn Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | C− |
| Greenwood Township | — | — | B− | — | A | C− |
| Emmett Township | #261 | B+ | B | — | A− | C+ |
| Speaker Township | — | — | A− | — | B | D |
| Maple Valley Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C− |
Brockway Township, Lynn Township, Greenwood Township, Speaker Township and Maple Valley Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Brockway Township, Lynn Township, Greenwood Township, Emmett Township, Speaker Township and Maple Valley Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Brockway Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
