Best PlacesEngadine, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Engadine, 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.
Engadine ranks 42,956th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Engadine
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.
Engadine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Engadine ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 108 pleasant days a year, better than 73% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 72% of towns
Where Engadine ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Engadine
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Engadine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,011, 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 Engadine's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Engadine
Engadine 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 Engadine.
Who works in Engadine, and how
Work in Engadine centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Engadine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Engadine.
What the weather is like in Engadine, month by month
Engadine sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 78 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 47° | 38° | 30° |
| July | 78° | 66° | 56° |
| October | 55° | 47° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Engadine
The nearest airport, Chippewa County International, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 249 miles away.
The best schools in and around Engadine
Schools across Engadine average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top high schools
- Engadine SchoolsD+ · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Engadine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Engadine 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 Engadine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Engadine
Is Engadine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Engadine ranks 42,956th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, quiet, and clean air, and lowest on distance from a big city and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Engadine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,014. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $60,011 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Engadine safe?
Engadine is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $552 per resident a year.
Compare Engadine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Engadine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Engadine 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.
Engadine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Engadine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Engadine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Engadine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Engadine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Engadine 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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