Mayfield TownshipMI
A town of 1,841.
Is Mayfield Township a good place to live?
The best of Mayfield Township’s subject grades are an A− for schools and cost of living; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Only 46 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on hazard risk. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in Mayfield Township, above both the Michigan town median (8.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Mayfield Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Mayfield Township stand out
Where Mayfield Township beats most towns.
Mayfield Township has grown 18% since 2010
1,550 counted in 2010 and 1,786 in 2020; an estimated 1,841 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Mayfield Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Mayfield Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Mayfield Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mayfield 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mayfield Township.
Very low risk in Mayfield Township, with cold waves at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 95% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Mayfield Township since 2001.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary of Hannah Catholic School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 40 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Mayfield Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Mayfield Township for work: only 1% work in town. Mayfield Township’s average trip to work is 30 minutes, above both Michigan’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Mayfield Township grew to 210 in 2021, 106 more than in 2011.
| Mayfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Mayfield Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Mayfield Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Mayfield Township’s July high is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Mayfield Township trails 59% of U.S. towns
Mayfield Township beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of Mayfield Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Mayfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mayfield Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.3% | 3.7% |
| More smokers | 17.1% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 2.5% of Mayfield Township
12 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Mayfield Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pere Marquette State Forest - Traverse City Unit | 9.7 mi | 2,689 |
| 2. Pere Marquette State Forest - Cadillac Unit | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Mayfield Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mayfield Township
About 2 of every 100 Mayfield Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
99% of working residents leave Mayfield Township for work
Where Mayfield Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Mayfield Township
Unincorporated community in Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Mayfield is an unincorporated community in Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Paradise Township between Kingsley and Traverse City along South Garfield Road (County Road 611). As an unincorporated community, Mayfield has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own.
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- Elevation
- 837 ft
- ZIP code
- 49666
Mayfield Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Mayfield Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | C+ |
| Hanover Township | — | — | C | — | B− | C |
| Grant Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | C+ |
| Paradise Township | #204 | B+ | B+ | — | A | B− |
| Blair Township | #284 | B | B− | — | A− | B |
Mayfield Township, Hanover Township and Grant Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Mayfield Township, Hanover Township, Grant Township, Paradise Township and Blair Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mayfield Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Mayfield Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mayfield Township, MI expensive?
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 A−.