Best PlacesCement City, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cement City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cement City ranks 25,301st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cell coverage.
The best neighborhoods in Cement City
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.
Cement City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cement City ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$583 a month, better than 80% of towns
Where Cement City ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- School gradeC, better than only 28% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 29% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cement City
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cement City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,921, 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 Cement City's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cement City
Cement City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cement City.
Who works in Cement City, and how
Work in Cement City centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Cement City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cement City.
What the weather is like in Cement City, month by month
Cement City sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 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 | 85° | 73° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Cement City
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cement City
Schools across Cement City average a C, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Onsted ElementaryC · 33% proficient
- Addison Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Onsted Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Addison Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Columbia Central High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Onsted Community High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Addison High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cement City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cement City 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 Cement City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cement City
Is Cement City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cement City ranks 25,301st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, health care access, and fast internet, and lowest on car insurance costs and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cement City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,554. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $70,921 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Cement City safe?
Yes, Cement City is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $284 per resident a year.
Compare Cement City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cement City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cement City 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.
Cement City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cement City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cement City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cement City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cement City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cement City 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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