Best PlacesColonville, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Colonville, 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.
Colonville ranks 41,878th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Colonville
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.
Colonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Colonville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 77% of towns
- Cheap childcare$658 a month, better than 72% of towns
Where Colonville ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Colonville
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Colonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,438, 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 Colonville's effective rate of 0.73%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Colonville
Colonville runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Colonville.
Who works in Colonville, and how
Work in Colonville centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Colonville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Colonville.
What the weather is like in Colonville, month by month
Colonville sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 25° | 20° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Colonville
The nearest airport, MBS International, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 132 miles away.
The best schools in and around Colonville
Schools across Colonville average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beaverton Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Clare Primary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clare Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Clare High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Beaverton Juniorsenior High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Colonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Colonville 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 Colonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Colonville
Is Colonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Colonville ranks 41,878th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low disaster risk, and heat safety, and lowest on education levels 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 Colonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,457. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $63,438 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Colonville safe?
Colonville is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $543 per resident a year.
Compare Colonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Colonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Colonville 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.
Colonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Colonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Colonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Colonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Colonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Colonville 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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