Best PlacesBruce Crossing, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bruce Crossing, 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.
Bruce Crossing ranks 41,304th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bruce Crossing
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.
Bruce Crossing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bruce Crossing ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 76% of towns
Where Bruce Crossing ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$50,223 median, better than only 12% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bruce Crossing
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bruce Crossing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,223, 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 Bruce Crossing'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 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 Bruce Crossing
Bruce Crossing runs older than the country, 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 Bruce Crossing.
Who works in Bruce Crossing, and how
Work in Bruce Crossing centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Bruce Crossing
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bruce Crossing.
What the weather is like in Bruce Crossing, month by month
Bruce Crossing sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 16° | 8° |
| April | 50° | 38° | 28° |
| July | 80° | 66° | 54° |
| October | 55° | 44° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Bruce Crossing
The nearest airport, Gogebic/Iron County, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 224 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bruce Crossing
Schools across Bruce Crossing average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top high schools
- Ontonagon Area SchoolC+ · 30% proficient
- Ewentrout Creek Consolidated SchoolC+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bruce Crossing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bruce Crossing 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 Bruce Crossing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bruce Crossing
Is Bruce Crossing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bruce Crossing ranks 41,304th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, quiet, and health care access, and lowest on car insurance costs and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bruce Crossing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,071. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $50,223 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Bruce Crossing safe?
Bruce Crossing is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $344 per resident a year.
Compare Bruce Crossing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bruce Crossing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bruce Crossing 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.
Bruce Crossing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bruce Crossing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bruce Crossing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bruce Crossing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bruce Crossing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bruce Crossing 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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