Best PlacesBurton, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burton, 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.
Burton ranks 1,994th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Burton
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.
Burton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Burton ranks high
- Cheap childcare$746 a month, better than 86% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 72% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 70% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 66% of cities
- TransitBetter than 62% of cities
Where Burton ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Burton
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,178, 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 Burton's effective rate of 1.47%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Burton
Burton'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 Burton.
Who works in Burton, and how
Work in Burton centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Burton
Burton has more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Burton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Burton, month by month
Burton sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 61° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Burton
The nearest airport, Bishop International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Burton
Schools across Burton average a D, better than 5% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Hill Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Gates Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Myers Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ovidelsie Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Armstrong Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Owosso Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Grand Blanc Community High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Owosso High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Ovidelsie High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burton 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 Burton against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Burton suits
Common questions about living in Burton
Is Burton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burton ranks 1,994th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low disaster risk, and civic engagement, and lowest on the schools and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,257. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $63,178 median income, cost of living beats 21% of cities.
Is Burton safe?
Burton is safer than 8% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $625 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Burton?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 18. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 33% of cities.
Is Burton good for families?
Schools beat 5% of cities, crime safety beats 8%, and childcare runs $746 a month.
Compare Burton with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burton 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.
Burton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burton 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.