Best PlacesHaslett, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Haslett, 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.
Haslett ranks 6,154th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Haslett
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.
Haslett's strengths and weaknesses
Where Haslett ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
Where Haslett ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Haslett
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Haslett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,265, 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 Haslett's effective rate of 1.83%, 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 Haslett
Haslett 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 Haslett.
Who works in Haslett, and how
Work in Haslett centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Haslett
Haslett has more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Haslett and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Haslett, month by month
Haslett sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 61° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Haslett
The nearest airport, Capital Region International, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Haslett
Schools across Haslett average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Whitehills Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Cornell Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Okemos Public MontessoricentralA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kinawa SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Haslett Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Macdonald Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- East Lansing High SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Okemos High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Haslett High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Haslett school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Haslett 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 Haslett against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Haslett suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 83% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 22% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Haslett
Is Haslett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Haslett ranks 6,154th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, an educated workforce, and transit, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Haslett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,213. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $90,265 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Haslett safe?
Yes, Haslett is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $267 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Haslett?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 19. That works out to about 68 pleasant days a year, more than 22% of towns.
Is Haslett good for families?
Schools beat 74% of towns, crime safety beats 71%, and childcare runs $743 a month.
Compare Haslett with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Haslett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Haslett 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.
Haslett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Haslett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Haslett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Haslett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Haslett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Haslett 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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