Bushnell TownshipMI
A town of 1,575, settled in 1892.
Is Bushnell Township a good place to live?
Bushnell Township’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 69 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on cost of living. Bushnell Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Bushnell Township stand out
Where Bushnell Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Bushnell Township for work
Where Bushnell Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
How Bushnell Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Bushnell Township is from typical.
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Moving to Bushnell Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bushnell 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 Bushnell Township.
Bushnell Township is less healthy than 84% of U.S. towns
Bushnell Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Bushnell Township, where Michigan’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 14%. 42% of Bushnell Township adults have obesity.
| Bushnell Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Bushnell Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.4% | 10.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.7% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 18.9% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of Michigan and the rest of the country, fewer of Bushnell Township’s working residents work locally
0.5% of working residents work locally in Bushnell Township, below both the Michigan town median (5.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Jobs based in Bushnell Township fell to 67 in 2021, 293 fewer than in 2011. Bushnell Township’s average trip to work is 34 minutes.
| Bushnell Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.8% | 10% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Bushnell Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bushnell Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Bushnell Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 15° and about 73 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bushnell Township has set aside 1.4% of its land for conservation
1.8 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Bushnell Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Bushnell Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sheridan Roadside Park | — | 5 |
| 2. Bennett Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Bushnell Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bushnell Township
About 3 of every 100 Bushnell Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
About Bushnell Township
Township in Michigan, United States
Bushnell Township is a civil township of Montcalm County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,516.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 797 ft
Bushnell Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Bushnell Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bushnell Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Fairplain Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| Ronald Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C− |
| Evergreen Township | #513 | C | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Bloomer Township | #391 | B− | A+ | — | C+ | C− |
Bushnell Township, Fairplain Township and Ronald Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bushnell Township, Fairplain Township, Ronald Township, Evergreen Township and Bloomer Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bushnell Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Bushnell Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bushnell Township, MI expensive?
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.