Best PlacesLexington Heights, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lexington Heights, 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.
Lexington Heights ranks 28,219th 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 Lexington Heights
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.
Lexington Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lexington Heights ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap childcare$571 a month, better than 82% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Lexington Heights ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lexington Heights
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lexington Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,069, 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 Lexington Heights' effective rate of 0.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lexington Heights
Lexington Heights 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 Lexington Heights.
Who works in Lexington Heights, and how
Work in Lexington Heights centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Lexington Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lexington Heights.
What the weather is like in Lexington Heights, month by month
Lexington Heights sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 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° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 62° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Lexington Heights
The nearest airport, Bishop International, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lexington Heights
Schools across Lexington Heights average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Meyer Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Croswelllexington Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Croswelllexington High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lexington Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lexington Heights 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 Lexington Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lexington Heights
Is Lexington Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lexington Heights ranks 28,219th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, civic engagement, and low crime, and lowest on car insurance costs and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lexington Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $219,868. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $59,069 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Lexington Heights safe?
Yes, Lexington Heights is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $214 per resident a year.
Compare Lexington Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lexington Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lexington Heights 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.
Lexington Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lexington Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lexington Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lexington Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lexington Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lexington Heights 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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