Best PlacesCastle Park, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Castle Park, 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.
Castle Park ranks 2,104th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Castle Park
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.
Castle Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Castle Park ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$140,278 median, better than 96% of towns
Where Castle Park ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Castle Park
A household needs to earn about $150,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Castle Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $140,278; 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 Castle Park's effective rate of 1.00%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Castle Park
Castle Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Castle Park.
Who works in Castle Park, and how
Work in Castle Park centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Castle Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Castle Park.
What the weather is like in Castle Park, month by month
Castle Park sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Castle Park
The nearest airport, Muskegon County, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Castle Park
Schools across Castle Park average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Douglas Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Saugatuck Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Saugatuck High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Castle Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Castle Park 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 Castle Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Castle Park
Is Castle Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Castle Park ranks 2,104th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, health care access, and what local pay buys, and lowest on cell coverage and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Castle Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $559,800. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $140,278 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Castle Park safe?
Yes, Castle Park is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $119 per resident a year.
Compare Castle Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Castle Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Castle Park 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.
Castle Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Castle Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Castle Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Castle Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Castle Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Castle Park 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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