Best PlacesFinney, Grosse Pointe, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Finney, Grosse Pointe, 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.
Finney, Grosse Pointe ranks 4,673rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Finney, Grosse Pointe
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.
Finney, Grosse Pointe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Finney, Grosse Pointe ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$834 a month, better than 86% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 72% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 71% of neighborhoods
Where Finney, Grosse Pointe ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Finney, Grosse Pointe
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Finney, Grosse Pointe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,876, 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 Finney, Grosse Pointe's effective rate of 1.87%, 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 Finney, Grosse Pointe
Finney, Grosse Pointe's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Finney, Grosse Pointe.
Who works in Finney, Grosse Pointe, and how
Work in Finney, Grosse Pointe 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 72%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Finney, Grosse Pointe
Finney, Grosse Pointe has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 86% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Finney, Grosse Pointe and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Finney, Grosse Pointe, month by month
Finney, Grosse Pointe sees roughly 79 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 Finney, Grosse Pointe
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 26 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 Finney, Grosse Pointe
Schools across Finney, Grosse Pointe average a C−, better than 33% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Lewis Maire Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Richard Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Kerby Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brownell Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Grosse Pointe South High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Grosse Pointe North High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- East English Village Preparatory Academy At FinneyF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Finney, Grosse Pointe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Finney, Grosse Pointe 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 Finney, Grosse Pointe against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Finney, Grosse Pointe
Is Finney, Grosse Pointe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Finney, Grosse Pointe ranks 4,673rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low disaster risk, affordable childcare, and civic engagement, 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 Finney, Grosse Pointe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $153,966. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $71,876 median income, cost of living beats 47% of neighborhoods.
Is Finney, Grosse Pointe safe?
Finney, Grosse Pointe is safer than 12% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $954 per resident a year.
Compare Finney, Grosse Pointe with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Finney, Grosse Pointe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Finney, Grosse Pointe 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.
Finney, Grosse Pointe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Finney, Grosse Pointe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Finney, Grosse Pointe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Finney, Grosse Pointe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Finney, Grosse Pointe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Finney, Grosse Pointe 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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