Best PlacesKlingville, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Klingville, 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.
Klingville ranks 23,015th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Klingville
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.
Klingville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Klingville ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute20.9 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
Where Klingville ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Klingville
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Klingville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,547, 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 Klingville's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Klingville
Klingville 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 Klingville.
Who works in Klingville, and how
Work in Klingville centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Klingville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Klingville.
What the weather is like in Klingville, month by month
Klingville sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 20° | 13° |
| April | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| July | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Klingville
The nearest airport, Houghton County Memorial, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 268 miles away.
The best schools in and around Klingville
Schools across Klingville average a C+, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Arvon Township SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Houghton Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- South Range Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Houghton Central High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Jeffers High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Klingville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Klingville 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 Klingville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Klingville
Is Klingville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Klingville ranks 23,015th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and quiet, and lowest on distance from a big city 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 Klingville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,762. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $68,547 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Klingville safe?
Yes, Klingville is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $333 per resident a year.
Compare Klingville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Klingville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Klingville 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.
Klingville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Klingville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Klingville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Klingville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Klingville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Klingville 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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