Best PlacesEmmons Orchard, Lincoln Park, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park, 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.
Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park ranks 4,494th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park
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.
Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$834 a month, better than 86% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
Where Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD+, better than only 18% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,318, 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 Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park's effective rate of 1.66%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park
Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park.
Who works in Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park, and how
Work in Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park
Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park has more parkland per resident than 76% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park, month by month
Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 9 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 Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park
Schools across Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park average a D+, better than 18% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hoover SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Earl F Carr SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodrow Wilson SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Lincoln Park Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Roosevelt High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Lincoln Park High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Ecorse Community High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park 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 Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park
Is Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park ranks 4,494th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and low disaster risk, and lowest on car insurance costs and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,727. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $67,318 median income, cost of living beats 42% of neighborhoods.
Is Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park safe?
Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park is safer than 44% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $527 per resident a year.
Compare Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park 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.
Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Emmons Orchard, Lincoln Park 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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