Best PlacesEastpointe, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eastpointe, 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.
Eastpointe ranks 2,008th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on transit.
The best neighborhoods in Eastpointe
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.
Eastpointe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eastpointe ranks high
- TransitBetter than 90% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 75% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 73% of cities
Where Eastpointe ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of cities
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Eastpointe
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eastpointe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,455, 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 Eastpointe's effective rate of 1.60%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eastpointe
Eastpointe runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eastpointe.
Who works in Eastpointe, and how
Work in Eastpointe centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Eastpointe
Eastpointe has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of cities and more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Eastpointe and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eastpointe, month by month
Eastpointe sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Eastpointe
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 27 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 Eastpointe
Schools across Eastpointe average an F, better than 1% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Bellview Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
- Pleasantview Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fisher Magnet Upper AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
- Roseville Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- South Lake Middle SchoolF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Eastpointe Virtual AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
- South Lake High SchoolD− · 11% proficient
- Eastpointe High SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eastpointe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eastpointe 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 Eastpointe against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Eastpointe suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Eastpointe
Is Eastpointe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eastpointe ranks 2,008th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on a weak job market and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eastpointe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $140,190. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $67,455 median income, cost of living beats 23% of cities.
Is Eastpointe safe?
Eastpointe is safer than 2% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $707 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Eastpointe?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 21. That works out to about 80 pleasant days a year, more than 43% of cities.
Is Eastpointe good for families?
Schools beat 1% of cities, crime safety beats 2%, and childcare runs $860 a month.
Compare Eastpointe with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eastpointe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eastpointe 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.
Eastpointe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eastpointe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eastpointe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eastpointe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eastpointe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eastpointe 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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