Best PlacesBelmont, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Belmont, 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.
Belmont ranks 1,884th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Belmont
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.
Belmont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Belmont ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$126,936 median, better than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
Where Belmont ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Belmont
A household needs to earn about $110,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Belmont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $126,936, 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 Belmont's effective rate of 1.01%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Belmont
Belmont runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Belmont.
Who works in Belmont, and how
Work in Belmont centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Belmont
Belmont has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Belmont and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Belmont, month by month
Belmont sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Belmont
The nearest airport, Gerald R Ford International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Belmont
Schools across Belmont average a B+, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rockford Spanish ImmersionA · 67% proficient
- Chandler Woods Charter AcademyA · 66% proficient
- Valley View Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Rockford Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- East Rockford Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Comstock Park High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Belmont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Belmont 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 Belmont against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Belmont
Is Belmont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Belmont ranks 1,884th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on car insurance costs and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Belmont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $409,984. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $126,936 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Belmont safe?
Yes, Belmont is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Belmont with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Belmont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Belmont 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.
Belmont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Belmont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Belmont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Belmont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Belmont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Belmont 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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