Best PlacesLangston, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Langston, 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.
Langston ranks 24,059th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Langston
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.
Langston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Langston ranks high
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$629 a month, better than 76% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Langston ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute35.3 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Langston
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Langston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,490, 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 Langston's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Langston
Langston'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 Langston.
Who works in Langston, and how
Work in Langston centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Langston
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Langston.
What the weather is like in Langston, month by month
Langston sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 25° | 20° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 52° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Langston
The nearest airport, Gerald R Ford International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 123 miles away.
The best schools in and around Langston
Schools across Langston average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Walnut Hills Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenville Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Greenville Senior High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Lakeview High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Central Montcalm Middle High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Langston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Langston 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 Langston against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Langston
Is Langston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Langston ranks 24,059th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low crime, and heat safety, and lowest on car insurance costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Langston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $219,893. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $81,490 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Langston safe?
Yes, Langston is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $207 per resident a year.
Compare Langston with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Langston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Langston 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.
Langston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Langston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Langston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Langston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Langston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Langston 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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