Best PlacesForest View, Lansing, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Forest View, Lansing, 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.
Forest View, Lansing ranks 3,976th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Forest View, Lansing
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.
Forest View, Lansing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Forest View, Lansing ranks high
- Short commute16.3 minutes each way, better than 95% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$743 a month, better than 93% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
Where Forest View, Lansing ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Forest View, Lansing
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Forest View, Lansing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,893, 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 Forest View, Lansing's effective rate of 1.83%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Forest View, Lansing
Forest View, Lansing runs younger 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 Forest View, Lansing.
Who works in Forest View, Lansing, and how
Work in Forest View, Lansing centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Forest View, Lansing
Forest View, Lansing has more parkland per resident than 96% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Forest View, Lansing and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Forest View, Lansing, month by month
Forest View, Lansing sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 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 | 61° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Forest View, Lansing
The nearest airport, Capital Region International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Forest View, Lansing
Schools across Forest View, Lansing average a D+, better than 27% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Glencairn SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Macdonald Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- East Lansing High SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Okemos High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- The Early College Lansing Community CollegeB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Forest View, Lansing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Forest View, Lansing 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 Forest View, Lansing against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Forest View, Lansing
Is Forest View, Lansing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Forest View, Lansing ranks 3,976th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on short commutes, heat safety, and affordable childcare, and lowest on property taxes 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 Forest View, Lansing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $123,156. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $60,893 median income, cost of living beats 47% of neighborhoods.
Is Forest View, Lansing safe?
Forest View, Lansing is safer than 43% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $554 per resident a year.
Compare Forest View, Lansing with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Forest View, Lansing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Forest View, Lansing 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.
Forest View, Lansing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Forest View, Lansing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Forest View, Lansing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Forest View, Lansing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Forest View, Lansing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Forest View, Lansing 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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