Garfield Township home appraisals
Garfield Township had 19,499 people in 2020, more than Traverse City itself, and its median owner occupied value was $316,200 for 2020 to 2024 (Census QuickFacts). Housing ranges from single family homes near Silver Lake to condos and mobile home parks along US 31.
More people than Traverse City, a lower median
The 2020 to 2024 median owner occupied value was $316,200, per Census QuickFacts, below the county median of $339,400. Only 56.2% of homes are owner occupied. The township's 2024 master plan reports 51.9% of housing in single unit buildings, 35.2% in multi unit buildings and 12.8% mobile homes. That mix pulls the median down and means a condo, a mobile home and a house on Silver Lake need very different comps.
Shopping corridors, Silver Lake and everything between
This is the commercial side of the Traverse City area. US 31 is heavily built up, and the Grand Traverse Mall and Cherryland Center are named centers in the master plan. Silver Lake, about 600 acres in the southwest, gives the township its main lake frontage. The Boardman River and Kids Creek run south to north. All of the township is in Traverse City Area Public Schools, with Traverse City West Senior High and Silver Lake Elementary inside it. Mean commute time was 16.5 minutes (2020 to 2024 ACS).
Areas, lakes and neighborhoods in this file
- Silver Lake
- Kratochvil's Plat
- Brookside
- Barlow Garfield
- LaFranier Hill
- Spring Hill
- Northwest Garfield
- Copper Ridge
- Logan's Landing
- Ashland Park
- Rennie Plains
- Green Hill
- McRae Hill
- Cherryland Center
- Grand Traverse Commons
Landmarks around Garfield Township
- Boardman River Nature CenterNature center
- Sabin DamDam on the Boardman River
- Silver LakeInland lake
- Turtle Creek StadiumBallpark
- Grand Traverse Commons (former Traverse City State Hospital)Historic site now Grand Traverse Commons, National Register of Historic Places