Best PlacesLaporte, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Laporte, 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.
Laporte ranks 7,526th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Laporte
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.
Laporte's strengths and weaknesses
Where Laporte ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Laporte ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Laporte
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Laporte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,208, 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 Laporte's effective rate of 1.28%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Laporte
Laporte runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Laporte.
Who works in Laporte, and how
Work in Laporte centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Laporte
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Laporte.
What the weather is like in Laporte, month by month
Laporte sees roughly 83 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 | 59° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Laporte
The nearest airport, MBS International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Laporte
Schools across Laporte average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Freeland Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Kc Ling Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northeast Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Hemlock Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Freeland Middle Schoolhigh SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Midland High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Hemlock High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Laporte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Laporte 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 Laporte against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Laporte
Is Laporte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Laporte ranks 7,526th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, civic engagement, and health care access, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Laporte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,470. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $92,208 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Laporte safe?
Yes, Laporte is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $168 per resident a year.
Compare Laporte with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Laporte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Laporte 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.
Laporte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Laporte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Laporte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Laporte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Laporte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Laporte 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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