Best PlacesHills Corners, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hills Corners, 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.
Hills Corners ranks 10,634th 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 Hills Corners
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.
Hills Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hills Corners ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
Where Hills Corners ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hills Corners
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hills Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,963, 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 Hills Corners' effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Hills Corners
Hills Corners 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 Hills Corners.
Who works in Hills Corners, and how
Work in Hills Corners centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hills Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hills Corners.
What the weather is like in Hills Corners, month by month
Hills Corners 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 Hills Corners
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 67 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hills Corners
Schools across Hills Corners average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bridgman Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Three Oaks Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Sylvester Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fc Reed Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Berrien Springs Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Bridgman High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Berrien Springs High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hills Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hills Corners 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 Hills Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hills Corners
Is Hills Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hills Corners ranks 10,634th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, civic engagement, and quiet, and lowest on car insurance costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hills Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,646. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $69,963 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Hills Corners safe?
Yes, Hills Corners is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $303 per resident a year.
Compare Hills Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hills Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hills Corners 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.
Hills Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hills Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hills Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hills Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hills Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hills Corners 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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