Best PlacesFrankenmuth, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Frankenmuth, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Frankenmuth ranks 3,883rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Frankenmuth
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.
Frankenmuth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Frankenmuth ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
Where Frankenmuth ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 28% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Frankenmuth
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Frankenmuth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,317, 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 Frankenmuth's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 Frankenmuth
Frankenmuth 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 Frankenmuth.
Who works in Frankenmuth, and how
Work in Frankenmuth centers on manufacturing and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Frankenmuth
Frankenmuth has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Frankenmuth and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Frankenmuth, month by month
Frankenmuth sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 62° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Frankenmuth
The nearest airport, MBS International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Frankenmuth
Schools across Frankenmuth average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lorenz C List SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Reese Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ef Rittmueller Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Reese Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Frankenmuth High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Reese High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Frankenmuth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Frankenmuth 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 Frankenmuth against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Frankenmuth
Is Frankenmuth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Frankenmuth ranks 3,883rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, cell coverage, and an educated workforce, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Frankenmuth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $319,167. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $100,317 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Frankenmuth safe?
Yes, Frankenmuth is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $259 per resident a year.
Compare Frankenmuth with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Frankenmuth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Frankenmuth 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.
Frankenmuth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Frankenmuth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Frankenmuth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Frankenmuth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Frankenmuth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Frankenmuth 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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