Best PlacesHuron County, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Huron County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Huron County ranks 2,131st of 3,144 U.S. counties 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 Huron County
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.
The best areas in Huron County
The parts of Huron County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Harbor Beach
It is quieter.
Sebewaing
More households have young kids and fewer homes sit empty.
Bad Axe
Biking is better, though crime runs higher.
Scores across Huron County run from about the 16th to the 66th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Huron County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Huron County ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of counties
- QuietBetter than 90% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of counties
Where Huron County ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of counties
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than only 16% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 20% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Huron County
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huron County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,026, 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 Huron County's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Huron County
Huron County 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 Huron County.
Who works in Huron County, and how
Work in Huron County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Huron County
Huron County has more parkland per resident than 88% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Huron County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Huron County growing, and who is moving in?
Huron County has lost about 4% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Detroit, MI.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Huron County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Huron County, month by month
Huron County sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Huron County
The nearest airport, MBS International, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Huron County
Schools across Huron County average a C−, better than 28% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Big Burning SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Adams Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Eccles SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harbor Beach Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Unionvillesebewaing Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Laker Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Au Gressims High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Tawas Area High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Harbor Beach Community High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huron County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huron County 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 Huron County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Huron County suits
Families
Schools land around the 28th percentile and crime safety beats 62%.
Common questions about living in Huron County
Is Huron County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huron County ranks 2,131st of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low disaster risk, quiet, and civic engagement, 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 Huron County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,893. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $60,026 median income, cost of living beats 38% of counties.
Is Huron County safe?
Yes, Huron County is safer than 62% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Huron County?
July highs average about 81 degrees, and January highs near 30 with lows near 19. That works out to about 85 pleasant days a year, more than 46% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Huron County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Harbor Beach, Sebewaing, and Bad Axe. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Huron County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huron County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huron County 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.
Huron County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huron County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huron County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huron County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huron County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huron County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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