Best PlacesBrant, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brant, 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.
Brant ranks 31,259th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brant
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.
Brant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brant ranks high
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 83% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 71% of towns
Where Brant ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute33.3 minutes each way, better than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 23% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brant
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,008, 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 Brant's effective rate of 1.13%, 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 Brant
Brant runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brant.
Who works in Brant, and how
Work in Brant centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Brant
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brant.
What the weather is like in Brant, month by month
Brant sees roughly 86 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° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Brant
The nearest airport, MBS International, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brant
Schools across Brant average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ashley Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Big Rock Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- St Charles Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chesaning Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Ashley Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Merrill Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- St Charles Community Middlehigh SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Chesaning Union High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Merrill High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brant 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 Brant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brant
Is Brant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brant ranks 31,259th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, few empty homes, and heat safety, and lowest on car insurance costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,184. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $69,008 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Brant safe?
Brant is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $397 per resident a year.
Compare Brant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brant 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.
Brant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brant 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.