Best PlacesFoote Site Village, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Foote Site Village, 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.
Foote Site Village ranks 44,096th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Foote Site Village
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.
Foote Site Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Foote Site Village ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute17.9 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 77% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 76% of towns
Where Foote Site Village ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$45,228 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Foote Site Village
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Foote Site Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,228, 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 Foote Site Village's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Foote Site Village
Foote Site Village 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 Foote Site Village.
Who works in Foote Site Village, and how
Work in Foote Site Village 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 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Foote Site Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Foote Site Village.
What the weather is like in Foote Site Village, month by month
Foote Site Village sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 24° | 16° |
| April | 52° | 41° | 32° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Foote Site Village
The nearest airport, Alpena County Regional, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 154 miles away.
The best schools in and around Foote Site Village
Schools across Foote Site Village average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clara B Bolen Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Richardson Elementary SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tawas Area Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Tawas Area High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Oscoda Area High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Foote Site Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Foote Site Village 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 Foote Site Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Foote Site Village
Is Foote Site Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Foote Site Village ranks 44,096th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, quiet, and short commutes, and lowest on a weak job market and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Foote Site Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $138,790. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $45,228 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Foote Site Village safe?
Foote Site Village is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $406 per resident a year.
Compare Foote Site Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Foote Site Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Foote Site Village 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.
Foote Site Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Foote Site Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Foote Site Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Foote Site Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Foote Site Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Foote Site Village 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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