Best PlacesCapac, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Capac, 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.
Capac ranks 33,052nd of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Capac
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.
Capac's strengths and weaknesses
Where Capac ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
Where Capac ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute39.0 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Capac
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Capac home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,327, 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 Capac's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Capac
Capac runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Capac.
Who works in Capac, and how
Work in Capac centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Capac
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Capac.
What the weather is like in Capac, month by month
Capac sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Capac
The nearest airport, Bishop International, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Capac
Schools across Capac average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Orchard Primary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Capac Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Almont Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Imlay City Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Almont High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Imlay City High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Capac Jrsr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Capac school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Capac 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 Capac against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Capac
Is Capac a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Capac ranks 33,052nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, civic engagement, and walkability, 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 Capac expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,391. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $70,327 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Capac safe?
Yes, Capac is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
Compare Capac with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Capac. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Capac 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.
Capac detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Capac: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Capac: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Capac: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Capac: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Capac 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.