Best PlacesHuntington Woods, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Huntington Woods, 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.
Huntington Woods ranks 450th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Huntington Woods
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.
Huntington Woods' strengths and weaknesses
Where Huntington Woods ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$189,737 median, better than 99% of towns
Where Huntington Woods ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Huntington Woods
A household needs to earn about $146,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huntington Woods home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $189,737, 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 Huntington Woods' effective rate of 1.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Huntington Woods
Huntington Woods runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Huntington Woods.
Who works in Huntington Woods, and how
Work in Huntington Woods centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Huntington Woods
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Huntington Woods.
What the weather is like in Huntington Woods, month by month
Huntington Woods sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Huntington Woods
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 21 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 Huntington Woods
Schools across Huntington Woods average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Burton Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Northwood Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Rogers Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Royal Oak Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Oak Park Preparatory AcademyF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Royal Oak High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Berkley High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Oak Park High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huntington Woods school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huntington Woods 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 Huntington Woods against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Huntington Woods
Is Huntington Woods a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huntington Woods ranks 450th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, biking, and what local pay buys, and lowest on car insurance costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Huntington Woods expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $497,169. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $189,737 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Huntington Woods safe?
Huntington Woods is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $356 per resident a year.
Compare Huntington Woods with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huntington Woods. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huntington Woods 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.
Huntington Woods detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huntington Woods: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huntington Woods: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huntington Woods: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huntington Woods: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huntington Woods 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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