Best PlacesDavison, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Davison, 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.
Davison ranks 1,558th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Davison
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.
Davison's strengths and weaknesses
Where Davison ranks high
- QuietBetter than 91% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of cities
- Cheap childcare$745 a month, better than 86% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 73% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 71% of cities
Where Davison ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 9% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 20% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Davison
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Davison home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,315, 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 Davison's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Davison
Davison runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Davison.
Who works in Davison, and how
Work in Davison centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Davison
Davison has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities and more parkland per resident than 96% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Davison and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Davison, month by month
Davison sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 61° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Davison
The nearest airport, Bishop International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Davison
Schools across Davison average a C+, better than 41% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Hill Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Gates Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Myers Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hahn Intermediate SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Davison Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Goodrich Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Davison High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Goodrich High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Kearsley High SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Davison school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Davison 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 Davison against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Davison suits
Families
Schools land around the 41st percentile and crime safety beats 66%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Davison
Is Davison a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Davison ranks 1,558th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on quiet, civic engagement, and affordable childcare, and lowest on car insurance costs and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Davison expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,832. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $71,315 median income, cost of living beats 30% of cities.
Is Davison safe?
Yes, Davison is safer than 66% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $293 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Davison?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 18. That works out to about 74 pleasant days a year, more than 35% of cities.
Is Davison good for families?
Schools beat 41% of cities, crime safety beats 66%, and childcare runs $745 a month.
Compare Davison with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Davison. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Davison 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.
Davison detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Davison: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Davison: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Davison: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Davison: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Davison 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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