Best PlacesClinton Township, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clinton Township, 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.
Clinton Township ranks 328th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on a weak job market and car insurance costs. It does better on a stable housing market, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in Clinton Township
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.
Clinton Township's strengths and weaknesses
Clinton Township lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. A stable housing market, few empty homes, and health care access carry most of that.
The one real hole is a weak job market, near the bottom of the country. Car insurance costs and health outcomes also cost it ground. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where Clinton Township ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of cities
- QuietBetter than 76% of cities
Where Clinton Township ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 18% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Clinton Township
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clinton Township home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,446, 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 Clinton Township's effective rate of 1.41%, 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 Clinton Township
Clinton Township's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Clinton Township.
Who works in Clinton Township, and how
Work in Clinton Township centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Clinton Township
Clinton Township has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of cities and more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Clinton Township and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Clinton Township, month by month
Clinton Township sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 20° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Clinton Township
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 34 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 Clinton Township
Schools across Clinton Township average a C−, better than 18% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Atwood Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Huron Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bemis Junior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Seneca Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Middle School NorthC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- International Academy Of MacombA · 78% proficient
- Neil E Reid High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Dakota High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clinton Township school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clinton Township 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 Clinton Township against the other 444 cities.
Who Clinton Township suits
Families
Schools land around the 18th percentile and crime safety beats 65%.
Common questions about living in Clinton Township
Is Clinton Township a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clinton Township ranks 328th of 445 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, few empty homes, and health care access, and lowest on a weak job market 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 Clinton Township expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,147. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $79,446 median income, cost of living beats 52% of cities.
Is Clinton Township safe?
Yes, Clinton Township is safer than 65% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $358 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Clinton Township?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 20. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 19% of cities.
Is Clinton Township good for families?
Schools beat 18% of cities, crime safety beats 65%, and childcare runs $860 a month.
Is Clinton Township good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 52% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 26% of cities. About 12% of workers already work from home.
Compare Clinton Township with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clinton Township. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clinton Township 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.
Clinton Township detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clinton Township: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clinton Township: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clinton Township: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clinton Township: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clinton Township 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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