Best PlacesLenawee County, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Lenawee County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lenawee County ranks 1,300th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lenawee County
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.
The best areas in Lenawee County
The parts of Lenawee County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Tecumseh
Fewer homes sit empty, more residents vote, and schools score higher.
Tipton
Tree cover is thicker and it is quieter.
Blissfield
More households have young kids and prices have run up less.
Onsted
Streets are more car-dependent and biking is worse.
Adrian
Commutes are shorter, though incomes run lower.
Morenci & Hudson
Fewer adults hold degrees and advertised internet is slower.
Scores across Lenawee County run from about the 6th to the 80th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Lenawee County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lenawee County ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than 78% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 76% of counties
Where Lenawee County ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of counties
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 20% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 20% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Lenawee County
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lenawee County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,232, 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 Lenawee County's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lenawee County
Lenawee County runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lenawee County.
Who works in Lenawee County, and how
Work in Lenawee County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lenawee County
Lenawee County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and more parkland per resident than 91% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lenawee County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Lenawee County growing, and who is moving in?
Lenawee County has lost about 1% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Detroit, MI.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Lenawee County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Lenawee County, month by month
Lenawee County sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Lenawee County
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 41 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lenawee County
Schools across Lenawee County average a C, better than 29% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Fayette Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Whiteford Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Ruth Mcgregor Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Evergreen Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Whiteford Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Madison Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Jclisd Academy A Regional Middle CollegeB+ · 57% proficient
- Fayette Jr/sr High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Tecumseh High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lenawee County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lenawee County 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 Lenawee County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Lenawee County suits
Families
Schools land around the 29th percentile and crime safety beats 88%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 70% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Lenawee County
Is Lenawee County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lenawee County ranks 1,300th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on fast internet, low crime, and big-city access, 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 Lenawee County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,880. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $73,232 median income, cost of living beats 70% of counties.
Is Lenawee County safe?
Yes, Lenawee County is safer than 88% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $274 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lenawee County?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 19. That works out to about 82 pleasant days a year, more than 42% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Lenawee County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Tecumseh, Tipton, and Blissfield. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Lenawee County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lenawee County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lenawee County 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.
Lenawee County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lenawee County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lenawee County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lenawee County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lenawee County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lenawee County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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