Best PlacesGera, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gera, 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.
Gera ranks 10,670th 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 Gera
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.
Gera's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gera ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Gera ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gera
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gera home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,180, 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 Gera's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 Gera
Gera's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gera.
Who works in Gera, and how
Work in Gera centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Gera
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gera.
What the weather is like in Gera, month by month
Gera sees roughly 93 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 Gera
The nearest airport, MBS International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gera
Schools across Gera average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lorenz C List SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ef Rittmueller Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Frankenmuth High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gera school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gera 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 Gera against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gera
Is Gera a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gera ranks 10,670th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, an educated workforce, and what local pay buys, and lowest on car insurance costs and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gera expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $256,444. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $96,180 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Gera safe?
Gera is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $442 per resident a year.
Compare Gera with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gera. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gera 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.
Gera detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gera: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gera: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gera: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gera: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gera 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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