Best PlacesBolles Harbor, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bolles Harbor, 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.
Bolles Harbor ranks 28,821st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bolles Harbor
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.
Bolles Harbor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bolles Harbor ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Short commute21.5 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
Where Bolles Harbor ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bolles Harbor
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bolles Harbor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,318, 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 Bolles Harbor's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bolles Harbor
Bolles Harbor's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Bolles Harbor.
Who works in Bolles Harbor, and how
Work in Bolles Harbor centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, 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 2%
Life in Bolles Harbor
Bolles Harbor has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Bolles Harbor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bolles Harbor, month by month
Bolles Harbor sees roughly 70 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 Bolles Harbor
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 24 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 Bolles Harbor
Schools across Bolles Harbor average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Arborwood Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Custer Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monroe Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Jefferson Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Monroe High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Jefferson High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Mason Senior High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bolles Harbor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bolles Harbor 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 Bolles Harbor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bolles Harbor
Is Bolles Harbor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bolles Harbor ranks 28,821st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cell coverage, and a stable housing market, and lowest on noise and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bolles Harbor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,300. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $69,318 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Bolles Harbor safe?
Yes, Bolles Harbor is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
Compare Bolles Harbor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bolles Harbor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bolles Harbor 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.
Bolles Harbor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bolles Harbor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bolles Harbor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bolles Harbor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bolles Harbor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bolles Harbor 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.