Best PlacesLakewood Club, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lakewood Club, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lakewood Club ranks 24,171st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lakewood Club
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.
Lakewood Club's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lakewood Club ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$601 a month, better than 79% of towns
Where Lakewood Club ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 25% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lakewood Club
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lakewood Club home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,111, 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 Lakewood Club's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lakewood Club
Lakewood Club's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lakewood Club.
Who works in Lakewood Club, and how
Work in Lakewood Club centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Lakewood Club
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lakewood Club.
What the weather is like in Lakewood Club, month by month
Lakewood Club sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 26° | 21° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Lakewood Club
The nearest airport, Muskegon County, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lakewood Club
Schools across Lakewood Club average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Whitehall Ealy Elem SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Whitehall Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Whitehall Senior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lakewood Club school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lakewood Club 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 Lakewood Club against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lakewood Club
Is Lakewood Club a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lakewood Club ranks 24,171st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and civic engagement, 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 Lakewood Club expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,600. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $81,111 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Lakewood Club safe?
Yes, Lakewood Club is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $306 per resident a year.
Compare Lakewood Club with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lakewood Club. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lakewood Club 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.
Lakewood Club detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lakewood Club: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lakewood Club: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lakewood Club: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lakewood Club: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lakewood Club 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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