Best PlacesFenmore, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fenmore, 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.
Fenmore ranks 35,772nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Fenmore
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.
Fenmore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fenmore ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of towns
- QuietBetter than 74% of towns
Where Fenmore ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fenmore
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fenmore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,420, 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 Fenmore's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fenmore
Fenmore 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 Fenmore.
Who works in Fenmore, and how
Work in Fenmore centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fenmore
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fenmore.
What the weather is like in Fenmore, month by month
Fenmore sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Fenmore
The nearest airport, MBS International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 83 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fenmore
Schools across Fenmore average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ashley Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Big Rock Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chesaning Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Ovidelsie Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Ashley Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Chesaning Union High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Ovidelsie High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Ashley High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fenmore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fenmore 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 Fenmore against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fenmore
Is Fenmore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fenmore ranks 35,772nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, heat safety, and low crime, 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 Fenmore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,407. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $58,420 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Fenmore safe?
Yes, Fenmore is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $246 per resident a year.
Compare Fenmore with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fenmore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fenmore 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.
Fenmore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fenmore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fenmore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fenmore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fenmore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fenmore 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.