Best PlacesHagar Shores, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hagar Shores, 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.
Hagar Shores ranks 23,988th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hagar Shores
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.
Hagar Shores' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hagar Shores ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute18.4 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
Where Hagar Shores ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hagar Shores
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hagar Shores home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,450, 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 Hagar Shores' effective rate of 1.12%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Hagar Shores
Hagar Shores 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 Hagar Shores.
Who works in Hagar Shores, and how
Work in Hagar Shores centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hagar Shores
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hagar Shores.
What the weather is like in Hagar Shores, month by month
Hagar Shores sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Hagar Shores
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hagar Shores
Schools across Hagar Shores average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coloma Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Coloma Intermediate SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Coloma High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hagar Shores school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hagar Shores 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 Hagar Shores against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hagar Shores
Is Hagar Shores a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hagar Shores ranks 23,988th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, few empty homes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on car insurance costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hagar Shores expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,200. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $56,450 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Hagar Shores safe?
Yes, Hagar Shores is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
Compare Hagar Shores with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hagar Shores. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hagar Shores 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.
Hagar Shores detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hagar Shores: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hagar Shores: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hagar Shores: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hagar Shores: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hagar Shores 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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