Best PlacesComstock Park, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Comstock Park, 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.
Comstock Park ranks 16,122nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Comstock Park
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.
Comstock Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Comstock Park ranks high
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
Where Comstock Park ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Comstock Park
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Comstock Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,939, 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 Comstock Park's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Comstock Park
Comstock Park's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Comstock Park.
Who works in Comstock Park, and how
Work in Comstock Park centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Comstock Park
Comstock Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more parkland per resident than 82% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Comstock Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Comstock Park, month by month
Comstock Park sees roughly 68 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° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Comstock Park
The nearest airport, Gerald R Ford International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Comstock Park
Schools across Comstock Park average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley View Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Belmont Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Appleview Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Rockford Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Sparta Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Sparta Senior High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Comstock Park High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Kenowa Hills High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Comstock Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Comstock Park 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 Comstock Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Comstock Park
Is Comstock Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Comstock Park ranks 16,122nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and low disaster risk, and lowest on car insurance costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Comstock Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $296,883. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $84,939 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Comstock Park safe?
Yes, Comstock Park is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
Compare Comstock Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Comstock Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Comstock Park 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.
Comstock Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Comstock Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Comstock Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Comstock Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Comstock Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Comstock Park 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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