Best PlacesHamtramck, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hamtramck, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hamtramck ranks 2,086th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hamtramck
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.
The best areas in Hamtramck
The parts of Hamtramck, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
State Fair-Nolan
Downtown Hamtramck & Chene
Buffalo Charles & Airport
Scores across Hamtramck run from about the 1st to the 21st percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Hamtramck's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hamtramck ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- BikingBetter than 91% of cities
- TransitBetter than 88% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of cities
Where Hamtramck ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Household income$41,249 median, better than only 1% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Hamtramck
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hamtramck home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,249, 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 Hamtramck's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hamtramck
Hamtramck runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hamtramck.
Who works in Hamtramck, and how
Work in Hamtramck centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Hamtramck
Hamtramck has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of cities and more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hamtramck and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hamtramck, month by month
Hamtramck sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Hamtramck
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 20 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 168 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hamtramck
Schools across Hamtramck average a D−, better than 3% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Hamtramck AcademyC+ · 38% proficient
- Davison Elementarymiddle SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
- Hanley International AcademyD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bridge Academy WestD− · 15% proficient
- Kosciuszko SchoolF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- Hamtramck High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Pershing High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Horizon High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hamtramck school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hamtramck 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 Hamtramck against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Hamtramck suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Hamtramck
Is Hamtramck a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hamtramck ranks 2,086th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on walkability, low disaster risk, and biking, and lowest on crime and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hamtramck expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $120,929. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $41,249 median income, cost of living beats 0% of cities.
Is Hamtramck safe?
Hamtramck is safer than 0% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,246 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hamtramck?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 21. That works out to about 80 pleasant days a year, more than 44% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Hamtramck?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are State Fair-Nolan, Downtown Hamtramck & Chene, and Buffalo Charles & Airport. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Hamtramck with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hamtramck. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hamtramck 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.
Hamtramck detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hamtramck: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hamtramck: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hamtramck: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hamtramck: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hamtramck 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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