Best PlacesArnheim, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Arnheim, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Arnheim ranks 45,072nd of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Arnheim
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.
Arnheim's strengths and weaknesses
Where Arnheim ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Arnheim ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Arnheim
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Arnheim home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,339, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Arnheim's effective rate of 0.93%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Arnheim
Arnheim 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 Arnheim.
Who works in Arnheim, and how
Work in Arnheim centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Arnheim
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Arnheim.
What the weather is like in Arnheim, month by month
Arnheim sees roughly 113 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 20° | 13° |
| April | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| July | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Arnheim
The nearest airport, Houghton County Memorial, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 257 miles away.
The best schools in and around Arnheim
Schools across Arnheim average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top high schools
- Jeffers High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Arnheim school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Arnheim 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 Arnheim against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Arnheim
Is Arnheim a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Arnheim ranks 45,072nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and a stable housing market, and lowest on car insurance costs and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Arnheim expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,007. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $54,339 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Arnheim safe?
Arnheim is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $648 per resident a year.
Compare Arnheim with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Arnheim. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Arnheim 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.
Arnheim detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Arnheim: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Arnheim: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Arnheim: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Arnheim: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Arnheim 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.