Best PlacesDixboro, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dixboro, 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.
Dixboro ranks 411th 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 Dixboro
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.
Dixboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dixboro ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$227,127 median, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Dixboro ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,094 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dixboro
A household needs to earn about $222,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dixboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $227,127, 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 Dixboro's effective rate of 1.38%, 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 Dixboro
Dixboro runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dixboro.
Who works in Dixboro, and how
Work in Dixboro centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Dixboro
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dixboro.
What the weather is like in Dixboro, month by month
Dixboro sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Dixboro
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 16 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 Dixboro
Schools across Dixboro average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Martin Luther King Elem SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Thurston Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Estabrook ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clague Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
Top high schools
- Huron High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Early College AllianceB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dixboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dixboro 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 Dixboro against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dixboro
Is Dixboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dixboro ranks 411th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and health care access, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dixboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $787,719. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $227,127 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Dixboro safe?
Yes, Dixboro is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Dixboro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dixboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dixboro 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.
Dixboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dixboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dixboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dixboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dixboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dixboro 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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