Best PlacesLakeville, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lakeville, 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.
Lakeville ranks 6,173rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lakeville
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.
Lakeville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lakeville ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
Where Lakeville ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute33.2 minutes each way, better than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lakeville
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lakeville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $110,972; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Lakeville's effective rate of 1.04%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lakeville
Lakeville's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lakeville.
Who works in Lakeville, and how
Work in Lakeville 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 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lakeville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lakeville.
What the weather is like in Lakeville, month by month
Lakeville 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 Lakeville
The nearest airport, Bishop International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 43 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lakeville
Schools across Lakeville average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stadium Drive Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Leonard Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oakview Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Oxford Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Lake Orion Community High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Oxford High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lakeville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lakeville 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 Lakeville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lakeville
Is Lakeville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lakeville ranks 6,173rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and heat safety, 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 Lakeville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $434,615. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $110,972 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Lakeville safe?
Yes, Lakeville is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $217 per resident a year.
Compare Lakeville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lakeville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lakeville 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.
Lakeville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lakeville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lakeville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lakeville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lakeville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lakeville 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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