Best PlacesFarmington Hills, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Farmington Hills, 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.
Farmington Hills ranks 688th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Farmington Hills
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.
Farmington Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Farmington Hills ranks high
- BikingBetter than 92% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 89% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of cities
Where Farmington Hills ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 30% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Farmington Hills
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Farmington Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $117,189, 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 Farmington Hills' effective rate of 1.52%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Farmington Hills
Farmington Hills 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 Farmington Hills.
Who works in Farmington Hills, and how
Work in Farmington Hills centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Farmington Hills
Farmington Hills has more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Farmington Hills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Farmington Hills, month by month
Farmington Hills sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Farmington Hills
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 19 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 Farmington Hills
Schools across Farmington Hills average a B−, better than 46% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Farmington Steam AcademyA− · 57% proficient
- Longacre Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Forest Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- James R Geisler Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Power Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Warner Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Walled Lake Western High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Farmington High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- North Farmington High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Farmington Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Farmington Hills 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 Farmington Hills against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Farmington Hills suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 82% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 23% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 57% of cities and health care access beats 91%.
Common questions about living in Farmington Hills
Is Farmington Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Farmington Hills ranks 688th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on biking, health care access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on car insurance costs 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 Farmington Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $342,401. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $117,189 median income, cost of living beats 82% of cities.
Is Farmington Hills safe?
Farmington Hills is safer than 30% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $400 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Farmington Hills?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 23. That works out to about 95 pleasant days a year, more than 57% of cities.
Is Farmington Hills good for families?
Schools beat 46% of cities, crime safety beats 30%, and childcare runs $916 a month.
Compare Farmington Hills with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Farmington Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Farmington Hills 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.
Farmington Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Farmington Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Farmington Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Farmington Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Farmington Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Farmington Hills 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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