A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Oakfield Township$2,080/mo

Typical home $347K (Census) · tax rate 0.88% · or rent about $1,203/mo · Housing →

Eureka Township$1,470/mo

Typical home $236K (Census) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $842/mo · Housing →

The difference: $610 a month, about $7,300 a year, between Oakfield Township and Eureka Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Oakfield Township places higher on 12 of 20 MI lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Michigan ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

A−Oakfield TownshipBetter than 76% of districts in the state A−Eureka TownshipBetter than 76% of districts in the state

Health

B−Oakfield TownshipHealthier than 54% of U.S. towns CEureka TownshipHealthier than 29% of U.S. towns

12Oakfield Township

7Eureka Township

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 712 towns #649#35 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #496#134 Most trailsOutdoors · 601 towns #534#314 Fewest smokersHealth · 723 towns #307#571 Best schoolsSchools · 493 towns #249#426 Highest incomeIncome · 723 towns #113#353 Most affordableCost of living · 723 towns #611#388 Most remote workersWork · 714 towns #264#468

Left end = #1 in Michigan. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Oakfield Township’s rankings →

Where they are

Oakfield Township and Eureka Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Oakfield TownshipEureka Township

Oakfield Township ↔ Eureka Township5.8 miles apart · They share a border

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Oakfield TownshipEureka Township

Snow a year73″73″

January low13°F 13°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)133d 133d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)10th 10th

Outdoors & history

Oakfield TownshipEureka Township

Trails3 mi 12 mi

Conserved land0.7%22%

Settled—1850

Community

Oakfield TownshipEureka Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

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Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Michigan average

Oakfield TownshipEureka Township

People

Population 6,122Highest 4,283Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.6%Lowest MI: +2% +6.4%Highest MI: +2%

Median age 38.1±10.7Highest 5% below MI 36.7±6.4Lowest 9% below MI

Oakfield Township and Eureka Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 24.7%±6.1Highest MI: 21.2% 19.6%±5Lowest MI: 21.2%

Oakfield Township and Eureka Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 17.6%±4.5 MI: 18.6% 17.6%±4.6 MI: 18.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.9%Highest MI: 32.4% 20.2%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.2%±1.4Lowest MI: 6.1% 2.7%±1.7Highest MI: 6.1%

Eureka Township and Oakfield Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $103,411±$22kHighest 42% above MI $77,266±$16kLowest 6% above MI

Oakfield Township and Eureka Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $347,200±$34kHighest 50% above MI $236,200±$49kLowest about the MI average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,203±$665Highest 7% above MI $842±$23Lowest 25% below MI

Oakfield Township and Eureka Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,071Highest 6% above MI $2,730Lowest 6% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 59%±64.9Highest MI: 50.4% 0%±17.2Lowest MI: 50.4%

Oakfield Township and Eureka Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 7.4%Highest MI: 13.2% 5.7%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.9%Highest MI: 73.2% 90.1%Lowest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Highest 23 yrs newer than MI 1990Lowest 18 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 35% above MI 27 minLowest 10% above MI

Work from home 12.2%±5.3Highest MI: 13.5% 8.4%±5.1Lowest MI: 13.5%

Oakfield Township and Eureka Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 2.9% 2.9%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Lowest 0.65Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Grand Rapids (19%)Greenville (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Eureka TownshipFew work in Oakfield Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Lowest 22%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.7 miLowest 12.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2 2

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 5.5Highest 5.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #249 of 493 in MI #426 of 493 in MI

School district Greenville Public SchoolsGreenville Public Schools

High school in town None in townSatterlee School

Students per teacherat that high school — 26.0

Michigan average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Oakfield Township vs Eureka Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $610 more a month in Oakfield Township

Oakfield Township places higher on 12 of 20 MI lists

Oakfield Township and Eureka Township share a border

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