Best PlacesHolly, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holly, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Holly ranks 15,434th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Holly
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.
Holly's strengths and weaknesses
Where Holly ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
- Household income$95,618 median, better than 82% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of towns
Where Holly ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute35.0 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Holly
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holly home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,618, 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 Holly's effective rate of 1.13%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Holly
Holly runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Holly.
Who works in Holly, and how
Work in Holly centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Holly
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Holly.
What the weather is like in Holly, month by month
Holly sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 61° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 86° | 73° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Holly
The nearest airport, Bishop International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 43 miles away.
The best schools in and around Holly
Schools across Holly average a C+, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Holly AcademyA− · 56% proficient
- Hartland Round Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Lillian G Mason Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hartland Farms Intermediate SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Muir Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Goodrich Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Hartland High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Milford High SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Fenton Senior High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holly school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holly 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 Holly against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Holly suits
Families
Schools land around the 41st percentile and crime safety beats 80%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 76% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Holly
Is Holly a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holly ranks 15,434th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, civic engagement, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Holly expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $276,728. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $95,618 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Holly safe?
Yes, Holly is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Holly?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 18. That works out to about 83 pleasant days a year, more than 51% of towns.
Is Holly good for families?
Schools beat 41% of towns, crime safety beats 80%, and childcare runs $899 a month.
Compare Holly with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holly. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holly 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.
Holly detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holly: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holly: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holly: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holly: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holly 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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