Market file · Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Interlochen home appraisals

Green Lake Township

The median owner occupied home in Green Lake Township was valued at $289,300 in Census ACS estimates for 2020 to 2024. Values here turn on Green Lake and Duck Lake frontage, the Interlochen area and lot size.

$289,300Median owner occupied home value, 2020 to 2024 ACS (Census QuickFacts)

6,703Township population, 2020 census (Census QuickFacts)

$377,240Zillow typical home value, Interlochen area, as of June 30, 2026

6.9 sq miWater area out of 36.3 square miles total (Wikipedia, 2020 census geography)

Two numbers for Interlochen, measured differently

Census QuickFacts puts the median owner occupied home value in Green Lake Township at $289,300 for 2020 to 2024, below the Grand Traverse County median of $339,400 for the same years. Zillow listed a typical home value of $377,240 for the Interlochen area as of June 30, 2026, up 3.7% year over year. Zillow defines the Interlochen area its own way, so it does not match township lines.

Lakefront, lake access and inland homes often share the same few miles of road around Interlochen and trade very differently.

Green Lake, Duck Lake and the land between

Two big lakes shape the township. Green Lake covers about 2,000 acres and Duck Lake about 1,930 acres, per Wikipedia, and Interlochen Center for the Arts and Interlochen State Park sit on the land between them. Lakefront, lake access and inland homes can sit on the same road and trade very differently. Interlochen is served by Traverse City Area Public Schools, and a 2015 county tax report also lists Kingsley and Buckley districts in parts of the township. US 31 crosses east to west, and the mean commute was 23.8 minutes (ACS 2020 to 2024).

Areas, lakes and neighborhoods in this file

Interlochen
Monroe Center
Diamond Park
Duck Lake Park
Duck Lake Peninsula
Peninsula Resort
Green Lake
Duck Lake
Long Lake (south end)
Interlochen State Park

Landmarks around Interlochen

Interlochen Center for the ArtsArts school and summer camp
Interlochen State ParkState park between Duck and Green lakes
Duck LakeInland lake
Green LakeInland lake

Common questions

Does frontage on Green Lake or Duck Lake change an appraisal?

It changes which sales are comparable. Green Lake reaches 102 feet deep and Duck Lake 98 feet, per Wikipedia, and both drain to the Betsie River. An appraiser compares a lakefront home with other lakefront sales, ideally on the same lake, then adjusts for frontage, access, the lot and the house. No set percentage applies; the sales decide.

Why do Interlochen home values disagree?

They measure different areas and years. Census QuickFacts puts the Green Lake Township median owner value at $289,300 for 2020 to 2024. Zillow listed $377,240 for its own Interlochen area as of June 30, 2026, and that area does not follow township lines. Neither prices a single house.