Best PlacesLasalle College Park, Detroit, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lasalle College Park, Detroit, 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.
Lasalle College Park, Detroit ranks 5,956th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lasalle College Park, Detroit
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.
Lasalle College Park, Detroit's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lasalle College Park, Detroit ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$834 a month, better than 86% of neighborhoods
- Short commute20.2 minutes each way, better than 78% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 64% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 57% of neighborhoods
Where Lasalle College Park, Detroit ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- School gradeF, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Lasalle College Park, Detroit
A household needs to earn about $15,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lasalle College Park, Detroit home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $38,326, 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 Lasalle College Park, Detroit's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 1 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lasalle College Park, Detroit
Lasalle College Park, Detroit runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lasalle College Park, Detroit.
Who works in Lasalle College Park, Detroit, and how
Work in Lasalle College Park, Detroit centers on retail trade 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 84%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Lasalle College Park, Detroit
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lasalle College Park, Detroit.
What the weather is like in Lasalle College Park, Detroit, month by month
Lasalle College Park, Detroit sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Lasalle College Park, Detroit
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 23 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 168 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lasalle College Park, Detroit
Schools across Lasalle College Park, Detroit average an F, better than 5% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Heritage Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Edward Duke Ellington At BeckhamD+ · 25% proficient
- Brenda Scott Academy For Theatre ArtsF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- River Valley Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- River Valley High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Osborn High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lasalle College Park, Detroit school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lasalle College Park, Detroit 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 Lasalle College Park, Detroit against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Lasalle College Park, Detroit
Is Lasalle College Park, Detroit a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lasalle College Park, Detroit ranks 5,956th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low disaster risk, affordable childcare, and short commutes, and lowest on a weak job market and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lasalle College Park, Detroit expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $55,453. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $38,326 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Lasalle College Park, Detroit safe?
Lasalle College Park, Detroit is safer than 3% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,496 per resident a year.
Compare Lasalle College Park, Detroit with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lasalle College Park, Detroit. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lasalle College Park, Detroit 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.
Lasalle College Park, Detroit detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lasalle College Park, Detroit: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lasalle College Park, Detroit: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lasalle College Park, Detroit: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lasalle College Park, Detroit: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lasalle College Park, Detroit 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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