Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Fairfield Township’s subject grades are an A for history and an A− for civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. Homes are within reach, about $157K for a typical one, or 2.2 years of the Adrian area’s $71K median household income. On the outdoors, just 2 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns do worse. Fairfield Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Fairfield Township beats most towns.
Where Fairfield Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Fairfield Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 maps from 1962 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fairfield 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Fairfield Township.
Most working residents leave Fairfield Township for work: only 1% work in town. Fairfield Township’s median household income is $60,000, below both Michigan’s towns ($77,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Fairfield Township’s average trip to work is 27 minutes.
| Fairfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $60,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Fairfield Township beats the Michigan average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 42% of Fairfield Township adults have obesity, above both the Michigan town median (37%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 28% of Fairfield Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Fairfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Fairfield Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.7% | 10.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fairfield Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Fairfield Township
About 2 of every 100 Fairfield Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Civil township in Michigan, United States
Fairfield Township is a civil township of Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 1,661.
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5 towns share a border with Fairfield Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C |
| Madison Township | #542 | C | B− | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Ogden Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Seneca Township | — | — | A− | — | C+ | C− |
Fairfield Township and Seneca Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Fairfield Township and Seneca Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Ogden Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Fairfield Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 B+.
