Best PlacesDrenthe, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Drenthe, 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.
Drenthe ranks 2,814th 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 Drenthe
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.
Drenthe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Drenthe ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
Where Drenthe ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 27% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Drenthe
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Drenthe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $108,142, 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 Drenthe's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 Drenthe
Drenthe runs younger 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 Drenthe.
Who works in Drenthe, and how
Work in Drenthe 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 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Drenthe
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Drenthe.
What the weather is like in Drenthe, month by month
Drenthe sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Drenthe
The nearest airport, Gerald R Ford International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Drenthe
Schools across Drenthe average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sandyview Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Adams Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Forest Grove Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Riley Street Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Cityside Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Hudsonville High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Zeeland East High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Hamilton High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Drenthe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Drenthe 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 Drenthe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Drenthe
Is Drenthe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Drenthe ranks 2,814th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, few empty homes, and heat safety, and lowest on car insurance costs and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Drenthe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $359,059. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $108,142 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Drenthe safe?
Yes, Drenthe is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $130 per resident a year.
Compare Drenthe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Drenthe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Drenthe 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.
Drenthe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Drenthe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Drenthe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Drenthe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Drenthe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Drenthe 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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