Woodland Beach, Lakeshore Drive and Erie Shore Drive
A Census place of about 867 homes inside the township, from Woodland Boulevard, Grandview Drive and Larchmont Street around Woodland Park to the Erie Shore Drive and Baycrest streets named for tribes, Chippewa, Iroquois and Seminole among them. Its two block groups have typical homes from 1952 and 1992 and owner medians near $177,600 and $234,600, the second with a margin of about $71,000. All of it is in Jefferson Schools.
Detroit Beach, Navarre and Grand boulevards
A grid of numbered streets between Navarre Boulevard, Jenea Rue Boulevard and Grand Boulevard, with Edgewater, Harborview and Lakeshore Drive along the water. The Census counts about 855 homes in Detroit Beach, almost all detached. One block group has a typical home from 1953 and an owner median near $163,400 with one of the tightest margins in the township, the other a typical home from 1974 and about $190,100. It is not a village, so the township assesses and taxes every parcel.
Stony Point and Pointe aux Peaux
The point at the township's east end, with numbered streets, Venice Road, Superior Avenue and Pointe Aux Peaux Road out to the Pointe Aux Peaux State Wildlife Area. The French port of Brest, settled as early as 1810, stood here. About 573 homes in the block group, the oldest typical year built in the township, 1948, and an owner median near $128,100 with a margin of about $47,000. Mail goes to Newport 48166 and the schools are Jefferson.
Stony Creek, Brest Bay and the Jefferson campus
North Dixie Highway and Post Road from Swan Creek to Stony Creek: Bayview Circle and West Shore Court near Brest Bay Marina, the Spitfire, Typhoon, Hawk and Lancer streets, Jefferson Middle and High schools, Kiwanis Park and the Frenchtown Dixie Library on Nadeau Road, and the Swan Creek Plant Preserve. About 754 homes, a typical one from 1979, and an owner median near $355,200. Most carry Newport 48166 mail, about 100 Monroe 48162.
Sterling State Park and Sandy Creek Road
The streets west of the state park along North Dixie Highway, State Park Road, Sandy Creek Road and Sunset Boulevard, with Revard, Durocher and Bretelle drives and Captain Norman Heck Park. William C. Sterling State Park, the only Michigan state park on Lake Erie, sits at the south edge of the township. About 381 homes, nearly all detached houses, a typical one from 1954, and an owner median near $175,600. Jefferson Schools serves all of it.
Around the Township Hall on Vivian Road
East Hurd, Vivian, Mentel, Fix and Santure roads around the Township Hall and Township Hall Park at 2744 Vivian Road, between I-75 and North Monroe Street. About 489 homes, a third of them in multi-unit buildings, a typical home from 1972 and an owner median near $397,100, though the Census margin is close to $98,000. This is where the school lines meet: by 2020 Census blocks about 282 homes are in Jefferson, 256 in Monroe Public Schools and 36 in Airport.
Golfcrest and Monroe Golf and Country Club
North Monroe Street and Cole Road around Monroe Golf and Country Club, built in 1919: Hollywood Drive, Country Club Circle, Fairway and High Ridge streets, Park Place Drive and the Sterling Pointe Apartments. About 880 homes, about two thirds of them in multi-unit buildings, and about two in three occupied homes are rented. The houses date from a typical 1972 with an owner median near $188,800. Mostly Monroe Public Schools, with about 100 homes on the Jefferson side.
Telegraph and Stewart roads, Park West to Winding Meadows
The commercial side of the township along Telegraph Road and Mall Road: Central Park Boulevard, Foxton and Holiday Boulevard, the Park West, Arbor Creek and Cedar Creek streets near Stewart Road, and Winding Meadows by North Monroe Street. Three block groups where apartments and townhomes outnumber houses. Owner medians run near $239,900, $236,700 and $187,500, the last with a margin above $100,000, and the Park West group's typical home dates from 2003. Monroe Public Schools.
Bluebush Road and North Custer Road
West of Telegraph Road: Kathleen, Glenda, Linda and Deborah drives, Ashling, Cardston and Tahoe near Bluebush Road, the Blue Bush Library at 2210 Blue Bush Road and Park 3 at 2277 Stewart Road, then Pinnacle Boulevard, Pebble Beach and Callaway drives and Golfview Way off North Custer Road. Two block groups of mostly detached, owner-occupied houses with typical homes from 1977 and 1974 and owner medians near $283,300 and $271,500, the second with a margin above $100,000. Monroe Public Schools.
Steiner Road and the northwest farm sections
About a fifth of the township's land, from Steiner, Doederline, Toben and Reinhardt roads to West Hurd Road and the Country Lane streets, with Sandy Creek Golf Course. About 796 homes, all but a handful detached houses, a typical one from 1980 and an owner median near $343,600. About 118 carry Carleton 48117 mail. Most are in Monroe Public Schools and about 127 in Airport Community Schools, so check the school code on the parcel.
Old Town Golf Course, War Road and La Prad Road
Between Telegraph Road and North Stony Creek Road on War, La Prad and Post roads: Milton, Ralph, Carl and George drives, Old Town Golf Course and the small Pleasantville manufactured home community. About 238 homes in the block group, a typical one from 1991, and the highest owner median in the township, near $428,700, with a margin of about $76,000. About 237 homes have Monroe mail and 75 Newport, split between Jefferson and Airport schools.
Frenchtown Villa, Elizabeth Woods and Kimberly Estates
The manufactured home communities in the north end, with Newport 48166 mail and Airport Community Schools: Frenchtown Villa and Elizabeth Woods at 1250 Paree, with its French street names, Pierre, Chanel and Gigi among them, and Kimberly Estates at 7769 Kimberly Drive near Nike Park, beside the Canterbury, Kensington and Kingsbrooke streets. Their two block groups hold about 1,620 manufactured homes. Owner medians near $48,900 and $31,900 value the homes, not the leased sites.
