Best PlacesLake Angelus, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Angelus, 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.
Lake Angelus ranks 14,974th 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 Lake Angelus
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.
Lake Angelus' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Angelus ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
Where Lake Angelus ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute35.6 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Angelus
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Angelus home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,750, 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 Lake Angelus' effective rate of 0.90%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lake Angelus
Lake Angelus 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 Lake Angelus.
Who works in Lake Angelus, and how
Work in Lake Angelus centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Lake Angelus
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Angelus.
What the weather is like in Lake Angelus, month by month
Lake Angelus sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Lake Angelus
The nearest airport, Bishop International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 33 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake Angelus
Schools across Lake Angelus average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grayson ElementaryC · 32% proficient
- Owen Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Warner Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Pontiac Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Waterford Mott High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Pontiac High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Angelus school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Angelus 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 Lake Angelus against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Angelus
Is Lake Angelus a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Angelus ranks 14,974th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, biking, and health care access, 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 Lake Angelus expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $282,600. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $93,750 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Lake Angelus safe?
Yes, Lake Angelus is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $285 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Angelus with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Angelus. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Angelus 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.
Lake Angelus detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Angelus: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Angelus: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Angelus: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Angelus: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Angelus 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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