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.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $160 more a month in Oakfield Township

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 →

Ida Township$1,920/mo

Typical home $325K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.80% · or rent about $982/mo · Housing →

The difference: $160 a month, about $1,900 a year, between Oakfield Township and Ida 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

Ida Township places higher on 13 of 19 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 AIda TownshipBetter than 85% of districts in the state

Health

B−Oakfield TownshipHealthier than 54% of U.S. towns BIda TownshipHealthier than 59% of U.S. towns

6Oakfield Township

13Ida Township

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 723 towns #185#609 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 723 towns #353#50 Most new homesHousing · 512 towns #262#474 Highest graduation rateSchools · 540 towns #216#6 Most walkableOutdoors · 723 towns #462#701 Cheapest rentCost of living · 687 towns #496#293 Lowest depressionHealth · 723 towns #439#233 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 723 towns #480#298

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

Where they are

127 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Oakfield TownshipKent County Ida TownshipMonroe County

Oakfield Township ↔ Ida Township127 miles apart

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Michigan average

Oakfield TownshipIda Township

People

Population 6,122Highest 4,801Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.6%Highest MI: +2% -3.6%Lowest MI: +2%

Median age 38.1±10.7Lowest 5% below MI 39.5±3.3Highest about the MI average

Ida Township and Oakfield 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% 23.7%±4.4Lowest MI: 21.2%

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

Age 65+ 17.6%±4.5Highest MI: 18.6% 17.5%±3.1Lowest MI: 18.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.9%Highest MI: 32.4% 21.9%Lowest MI: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.2%±1.4Lowest MI: 6.1% 3.9%±2.2Highest MI: 6.1%

Ida 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±$22kLowest 42% above MI $108,293±$13kHighest 49% above MI

Ida Township and Oakfield 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 $317,100±$29kLowest 37% above MI

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,203±$665Highest 7% above MI $982±$92Lowest 13% below MI

Oakfield Township and Ida 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 $2,537Lowest 13% below MI

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 59%±64.9Highest MI: 50.4% 40%±21Lowest MI: 50.4%

Oakfield Township and Ida 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% 2.3%Lowest MI: 13.2%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.9%Lowest MI: 73.2% 94.3%Highest MI: 73.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Highest 23 yrs newer than MI 1975Lowest 3 yrs newer than MI

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 35% above MI 32 minLowest 32% above MI

Work from home 12.2%±5.3Highest MI: 13.5% 11.9%±4.2Lowest MI: 13.5%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.9%Lowest 5.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Lowest 0.18Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Grand Rapids (19%)Toledo (15%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.7 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 5.5Highest 2.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #249 of 493 in MI #138 of 493 in MI

School district Greenville Public SchoolsIda Public School District

High school in town None in townIda High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 16.3

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 Ida Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Oakfield Township gets 34 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs $160 more a month in Oakfield Township

Ida Township places higher on 13 of 19 MI lists

127 miles apart

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