Best PlacesGibbs City, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gibbs City, 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.
Gibbs City ranks 40,621st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gibbs City
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.
Gibbs City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gibbs City ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
Where Gibbs City ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gibbs City
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gibbs City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,482, 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 Gibbs City's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 Gibbs City
Gibbs City 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 Gibbs City.
Who works in Gibbs City, and how
Work in Gibbs City centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Gibbs City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gibbs City.
What the weather is like in Gibbs City, month by month
Gibbs City sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 16° | 8° |
| April | 50° | 38° | 28° |
| July | 80° | 66° | 54° |
| October | 55° | 44° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Gibbs City
The nearest airport, Ford, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 231 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gibbs City
Schools across Gibbs City average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stambaugh Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Northland Pines Elementary-land O' LakesD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- West Iron County Middle High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gibbs City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gibbs City 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 Gibbs City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gibbs City
Is Gibbs City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gibbs City ranks 40,621st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, quiet, and health care access, and lowest on car insurance costs and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gibbs City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $151,600. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $58,482 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Gibbs City safe?
Gibbs City is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $416 per resident a year.
Compare Gibbs City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gibbs City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gibbs City 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.
Gibbs City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gibbs City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gibbs City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gibbs City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gibbs City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gibbs City 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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