Best PlacesAzalia, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Azalia, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Azalia ranks 22,896th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on civic engagement.
The best neighborhoods in Azalia
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.
Azalia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Azalia ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- Household income$102,164 median, better than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
Where Azalia ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Azalia
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Azalia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,164, 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 Azalia's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Azalia
Azalia's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Azalia.
Who works in Azalia, and how
Work in Azalia centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Azalia
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Azalia.
What the weather is like in Azalia, month by month
Azalia sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Azalia
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 22 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 Azalia
Schools across Azalia average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ida Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Dundee Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Summerfield Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dundee Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Ida Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Milan Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Milan High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Ida High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Dundee Community High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Azalia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Azalia 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 Azalia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Azalia
Is Azalia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Azalia ranks 22,896th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and cell coverage, and lowest on car insurance costs and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Azalia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $273,763. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $102,164 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Azalia safe?
Yes, Azalia is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $313 per resident a year.
Compare Azalia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Azalia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Azalia 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.
Azalia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Azalia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Azalia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Azalia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Azalia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Azalia 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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