Best PlacesFrontier, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Frontier, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Frontier ranks 34,525th 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 Frontier
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.
Frontier's strengths and weaknesses
Where Frontier ranks high
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$565 a month, better than 83% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Frontier ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Frontier
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Frontier home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,609, 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 Frontier's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Frontier
Frontier runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Frontier.
Who works in Frontier, and how
Work in Frontier centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Frontier
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Frontier.
What the weather is like in Frontier, month by month
Frontier sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Frontier
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Frontier
Schools across Frontier average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gier Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Pittsford Area Elem SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Davis Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Pittsford Area High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Frontier school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Frontier 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 Frontier against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Frontier
Is Frontier a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Frontier ranks 34,525th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, heat safety, and affordable childcare, and lowest on car insurance costs and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Frontier expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,032. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $63,609 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Frontier safe?
Yes, Frontier is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
Compare Frontier with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Frontier. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Frontier 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.
Frontier detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Frontier: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Frontier: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Frontier: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Frontier: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Frontier 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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