Best PlacesForestville, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Forestville, 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.
Forestville ranks 35,109th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Forestville
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.
Forestville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Forestville ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$581 a month, better than 80% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 78% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 78% of towns
Where Forestville ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- Household income$54,570 median, better than only 18% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Forestville
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Forestville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $54,570; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Forestville's effective rate of 0.87%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Forestville
Forestville 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 Forestville.
Who works in Forestville, and how
Work in Forestville centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Forestville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Forestville.
What the weather is like in Forestville, month by month
Forestville sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Forestville
The nearest airport, MBS International, is about 73 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Forestville
Schools across Forestville average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ubly Community Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Harbor Beach Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harbor Beach Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Harbor Beach Community High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Ubly Community Jrsr High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Deckerville Community High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Forestville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Forestville 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 Forestville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Forestville
Is Forestville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Forestville ranks 35,109th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low disaster risk, and affordable childcare, and lowest on car insurance costs and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Forestville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,862. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $54,570 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Forestville safe?
Yes, Forestville is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $268 per resident a year.
Compare Forestville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Forestville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Forestville 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.
Forestville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Forestville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Forestville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Forestville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Forestville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Forestville 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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