Best PlacesBrooklands Park, Rochester Hills, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills, 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.
Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills ranks 2,065th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brooklands Park, Rochester 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.
Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,237, 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 Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills' 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills
Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills'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 Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills.
Who works in Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills, and how
Work in Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills
Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 95% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills, month by month
Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills sees roughly 65 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 Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 32 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 Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills
Schools across Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills average a B+, better than 77% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklands Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Rochester High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Reuther Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brooklands Park, Rochester 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 Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills
Is Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills ranks 2,065th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on few empty homes, civic engagement, and low crime, and lowest on car insurance costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $298,876. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $97,237 median income, cost of living beats 70% of neighborhoods.
Is Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills safe?
Yes, Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills is safer than 90% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brooklands Park, Rochester 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.
Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brooklands Park, Rochester Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brooklands Park, Rochester 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.