Best PlacesAuburn Hills, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Auburn Hills, 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.
Auburn Hills ranks 13,930th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Auburn Hills
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.
Auburn Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Auburn Hills ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
Where Auburn Hills ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 18% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Auburn Hills
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Auburn Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,713, 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 Auburn Hills' effective rate of 0.99%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills runs younger 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 Auburn Hills.
Who works in Auburn Hills, and how
Work in Auburn Hills centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Auburn Hills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Auburn Hills, month by month
Auburn Hills sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Auburn Hills
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 32 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 168 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Auburn Hills
Schools across Auburn Hills average a C−, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eastover Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Musson Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Stadium Drive Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Hills Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- Sashabaw Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Scripps Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Rochester Adams High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Van Hoosen Middle SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- West Middle SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Auburn Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Auburn Hills 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 Auburn Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Auburn Hills suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 73% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Auburn Hills
Is Auburn Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Auburn Hills ranks 13,930th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, population health, and transit, and lowest on car insurance costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Auburn Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $259,490. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $90,713 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Auburn Hills safe?
Auburn Hills is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Auburn Hills?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 23. That works out to about 100 pleasant days a year, more than 68% of towns.
Is Auburn Hills good for families?
Schools beat 18% of towns, crime safety beats 37%, and childcare runs $916 a month.
Compare Auburn Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Auburn Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Auburn Hills 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.
Auburn Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Auburn Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Auburn Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Auburn Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Auburn Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Auburn Hills 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.