Best PlacesBryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor, 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.
Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor ranks 479th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods 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 Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor
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.
Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 30% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 35% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor
A household needs to earn about $142,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $133,838; 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 Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor's effective rate of 1.60%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor
Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor runs younger 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 Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor.
Who works in Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor, and how
Work in Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor
Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor, month by month
Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 17° |
| April | 61° | 47° | 34° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 57° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 21 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 Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor
Schools across Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor average an A−, better than 88% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Harvest Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Uriah H Lawton SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Bach Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tappan Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
- Slauson Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Saline Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Pioneer High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Saline High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor 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 Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor
Is Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor ranks 479th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $489,378. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $133,838 median income, cost of living beats 94% of neighborhoods.
Is Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor safe?
Yes, Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor is safer than 70% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $422 per resident a year.
Compare Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor 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.
Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bryant Pattengill West, Ann Arbor 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.
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