Best PlacesHope, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hope, 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.
Hope ranks 13,845th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on health care access.
The best neighborhoods in Hope
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.
Hope's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hope ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Hope ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 26% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hope
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hope home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,598, 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 Hope's effective rate of 1.25%, 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 Hope
Hope runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hope.
Who works in Hope, and how
Work in Hope centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hope
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hope.
What the weather is like in Hope, month by month
Hope sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Hope
The nearest airport, MBS International, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hope
Schools across Hope average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Siebert Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Meridian Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Pinconning Central Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jefferson Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Pinconning Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Meridian Junior High SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Hh Dow High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Meridian Early College High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Pinconning High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hope school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hope 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 Hope against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hope
Is Hope a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hope ranks 13,845th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, a stable housing market, and quiet, 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 Hope expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $197,455. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $84,598 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Hope safe?
Yes, Hope is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $253 per resident a year.
Compare Hope with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hope. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hope 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.
Hope detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hope: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hope: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hope: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hope: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hope 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.