Best Places49627, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 49627, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
49627 ranks 15,370th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 49627
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
49627's strengths and weaknesses
Where 49627 ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of zip codes
Where 49627 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 49627
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 49627 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,903, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 49627's effective rate of 0.75%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in 49627
49627 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 49627.
Who works in 49627, and how
Work in 49627 centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in 49627
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 49627.
What the weather is like in 49627, month by month
49627 sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 24° | 19° |
| April | 53° | 42° | 33° |
| July | 81° | 69° | 58° |
| October | 59° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of 49627
The nearest airport, Cherry Capital, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around 49627
Schools across 49627 average a C−, better than 21% of zip codes.
Top high schools
- Ellsworth Community SchoolC+ · 29% proficient
- Central Lake Public SchoolsD+ · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 49627 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
49627 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 49627 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 49627
Is 49627 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 49627 ranks 15,370th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low disaster risk, health care access, and civic engagement, and lowest on car insurance costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 49627 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $358,030. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $75,903 median income, cost of living beats 42% of zip codes.
Is 49627 safe?
Yes, 49627 is safer than 90% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare 49627 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 49627. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 49627 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
49627 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 49627: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 49627: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 49627: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 49627: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
49627 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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