Best PlacesChesaning, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chesaning, 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.
Chesaning ranks 21,983rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chesaning
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.
Chesaning's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chesaning ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 82% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of towns
- QuietBetter than 79% of towns
Where Chesaning ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 29% of towns
- Household income$62,771 median, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chesaning
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chesaning home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,771, 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 Chesaning's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 Chesaning
Chesaning runs older than the country, 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 Chesaning.
Who works in Chesaning, and how
Work in Chesaning centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Chesaning
Chesaning has more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Chesaning and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Chesaning, month by month
Chesaning sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Chesaning
The nearest airport, MBS International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chesaning
Schools across Chesaning average a B−, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Big Rock Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- New Lothrop Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- St Charles Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chesaning Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- New Lothrop High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- St Charles Community Middlehigh SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Chesaning Union High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chesaning school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chesaning 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 Chesaning against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chesaning
Is Chesaning a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chesaning ranks 21,983rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, few empty homes, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chesaning expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,022. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $62,771 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Chesaning safe?
Chesaning is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $353 per resident a year.
Compare Chesaning with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chesaning. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chesaning 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.
Chesaning detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chesaning: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chesaning: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chesaning: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chesaning: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chesaning 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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