Best PlacesCasco, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Casco, 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.
Casco ranks 28,134th 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 Casco
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.
Casco's strengths and weaknesses
Where Casco ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Casco ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Casco
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Casco home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,658, 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 Casco's effective rate of 0.77%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Casco
Casco runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Casco.
Who works in Casco, and how
Work in Casco centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Casco
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Casco.
What the weather is like in Casco, month by month
Casco sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 62° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Casco
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 51 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 Casco
Schools across Casco average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Will L Lee SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Francois Maconce Elem SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Pine River Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Anchor Bay Middle School NorthB− · 42% proficient
- Richmond Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- St Clair High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Anchor Bay High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Richmond Community High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Casco school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Casco 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 Casco against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Casco
Is Casco a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Casco ranks 28,134th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, civic engagement, and heat safety, 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 Casco expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,282. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $78,658 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Casco safe?
Yes, Casco is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $270 per resident a year.
Compare Casco with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Casco. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Casco 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.
Casco detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Casco: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Casco: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Casco: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Casco: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Casco 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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