Best PlacesConklin, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Conklin, 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.
Conklin ranks 14,372nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Conklin
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.
Conklin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Conklin ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Conklin ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 26% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 27% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Conklin
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Conklin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,431, 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 Conklin's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 Conklin
Conklin'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 Conklin.
Who works in Conklin, and how
Work in Conklin centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Conklin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Conklin.
What the weather is like in Conklin, month by month
Conklin sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Conklin
The nearest airport, Muskegon County, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 103 miles away.
The best schools in and around Conklin
Schools across Conklin average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Appleview Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Kent City Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Beechnau Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sparta Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Coopersville Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Kenowa Hills Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Sparta Senior High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Coopersville 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 Conklin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Conklin 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 Conklin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Conklin
Is Conklin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Conklin ranks 14,372nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on car insurance costs and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Conklin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $295,255. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $83,431 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Conklin safe?
Yes, Conklin is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $165 per resident a year.
Compare Conklin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Conklin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Conklin 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.
Conklin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Conklin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Conklin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Conklin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Conklin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Conklin 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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