Best PlacesGulliver, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gulliver, 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.
Gulliver ranks 36,993rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Gulliver
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.
Gulliver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gulliver ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 72% of towns
- Short commute23.7 minutes each way, better than 70% of towns
Where Gulliver ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gulliver
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gulliver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,629, 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 Gulliver's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gulliver
Gulliver runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gulliver.
Who works in Gulliver, and how
Work in Gulliver centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Gulliver
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gulliver.
What the weather is like in Gulliver, month by month
Gulliver sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 77 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 21° | 13° |
| April | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| July | 77° | 66° | 54° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Gulliver
The nearest airport, Delta County, is about 55 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 Gulliver
Schools across Gulliver average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- William G Mather Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Emerald Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Manistique Middle And High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Munising High And Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gulliver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gulliver 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 Gulliver against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gulliver
Is Gulliver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gulliver ranks 36,993rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and tree cover, and lowest on distance from a big city and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gulliver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $188,657. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $61,629 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Gulliver safe?
Yes, Gulliver is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $306 per resident a year.
Compare Gulliver with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gulliver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gulliver 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.
Gulliver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gulliver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gulliver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gulliver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gulliver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gulliver 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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