Best PlacesBloomfield Hills, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bloomfield Hills, 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.
Bloomfield Hills ranks 141st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bloomfield 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.
Bloomfield Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bloomfield Hills ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of cities
- Household income$172,845 median, better than 96% of cities
Where Bloomfield Hills ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 8% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bloomfield Hills
A household needs to earn about $189,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bloomfield Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $172,845; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Bloomfield Hills' effective rate of 1.31%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bloomfield Hills
Bloomfield Hills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bloomfield Hills.
Who works in Bloomfield Hills, and how
Work in Bloomfield Hills 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 71%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bloomfield Hills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bloomfield Hills.
What the weather is like in Bloomfield Hills, month by month
Bloomfield Hills sees roughly 101 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 Bloomfield Hills
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 26 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 Bloomfield Hills
Schools across Bloomfield Hills average an A−, better than 84% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Conant Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Eastover Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Way Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Boulan Park Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Birmingham Covington SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Bloomfield Hills Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- International AcademyA+ · 82% proficient
- Troy High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Ernest W Seaholm High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bloomfield Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield Hills against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Bloomfield Hills suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of cities and 26% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 61% of cities and health care access beats 100%.
Common questions about living in Bloomfield Hills
Is Bloomfield Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bloomfield Hills ranks 141st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on car insurance costs and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bloomfield Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $676,207. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $172,845 median income, cost of living beats 98% of cities.
Is Bloomfield Hills safe?
Yes, Bloomfield Hills is safer than 65% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bloomfield Hills?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 23. That works out to about 101 pleasant days a year, more than 61% of cities.
Is Bloomfield Hills good for families?
Schools beat 84% of cities, crime safety beats 65%, and childcare runs $916 a month.
Compare Bloomfield Hills with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bloomfield Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bloomfield 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.
Bloomfield Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bloomfield Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bloomfield Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bloomfield Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bloomfield Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bloomfield 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
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