Best PlacesCovert, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Covert, 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.
Covert ranks 49,305th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Covert
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.
Covert's strengths and weaknesses
Where Covert ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Cheap childcare$626 a month, better than 76% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 73% of towns
Where Covert ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$40,022 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Covert
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Covert home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $40,022, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Covert's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Covert
Covert runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Covert.
Who works in Covert, and how
Work in Covert 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 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Covert
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Covert.
What the weather is like in Covert, month by month
Covert sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 57° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 63° | 54° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Covert
The nearest airport, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Covert
Schools across Covert average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Walnut Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Maple Grove Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Covert Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Watervliet Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Baseline Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Bangor Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- South Haven High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Watervliet Senior High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Bangor High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Covert school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Covert 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 Covert against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Covert
Is Covert a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Covert ranks 49,305th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on car insurance costs and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Covert expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $168,766. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $40,022 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Covert safe?
Covert is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $453 per resident a year.
Compare Covert with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Covert. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Covert 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.
Covert detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Covert: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Covert: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Covert: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Covert: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Covert 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.