Best PlacesCommerce Township, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Commerce Township, 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.
Commerce Township ranks 1,727th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Commerce 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.
Commerce Township's strengths and weaknesses
Where Commerce Township ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$145,200 median, better than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where Commerce Township ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Commerce Township
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Commerce Township home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $145,200, 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 Commerce Township's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Commerce Township
Commerce Township runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Commerce Township.
Who works in Commerce Township, and how
Work in Commerce Township centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Commerce Township
Commerce Township has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Commerce Township and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Commerce Township, month by month
Commerce Township sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Commerce Township
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 27 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 Commerce Township
Schools across Commerce Township average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oakley Park Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Commerce Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Keith Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clifford H Smart Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Oak Valley Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Walnut Creek Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Walled Lake Northern High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Walled Lake Central High SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Milford High SchoolB · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Commerce Township school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Commerce 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 Commerce Township against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Commerce Township suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 97% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 18% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 66% of towns and health care access beats 93%.
Common questions about living in Commerce Township
Is Commerce Township a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Commerce Township ranks 1,727th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and civic engagement, and lowest on car insurance costs and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Commerce Township expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $396,245. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $145,200 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Commerce Township safe?
Yes, Commerce Township is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Commerce Township?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 33 with lows near 18. That works out to about 97 pleasant days a year, more than 66% of towns.
Is Commerce Township good for families?
Schools beat 72% of towns, crime safety beats 90%, and childcare runs $916 a month.
Compare Commerce Township with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Commerce Township. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Commerce 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.
Commerce Township detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Commerce Township: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Commerce Township: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Commerce Township: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Commerce Township: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Commerce 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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