Best PlacesLittle Point Sable, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Little Point Sable, 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.
Little Point Sable ranks 31,237th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Little Point Sable
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.
Little Point Sable's strengths and weaknesses
Where Little Point Sable ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 77% of towns
Where Little Point Sable ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Little Point Sable
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Little Point Sable home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,129, 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 Little Point Sable's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Little Point Sable
Little Point Sable 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 Little Point Sable.
Who works in Little Point Sable, and how
Work in Little Point Sable centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Little Point Sable
Little Point Sable has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Little Point Sable and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Little Point Sable, month by month
Little Point Sable sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 26° | 22° |
| April | 53° | 43° | 35° |
| July | 79° | 69° | 60° |
| October | 60° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Little Point Sable
The nearest airport, Muskegon County, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Little Point Sable
Schools across Little Point Sable average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spitler Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Thomas Read Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hart Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Shelby Middle SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Ludington High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Hart High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Shelby High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Little Point Sable school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Little Point Sable 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 Little Point Sable against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Little Point Sable
Is Little Point Sable a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Little Point Sable ranks 31,237th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, health care access, and tree cover, 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 Little Point Sable expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,911. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $67,129 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Little Point Sable safe?
Yes, Little Point Sable is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $262 per resident a year.
Compare Little Point Sable with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Little Point Sable. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Little Point Sable 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.
Little Point Sable detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Little Point Sable: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Little Point Sable: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Little Point Sable: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Little Point Sable: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Little Point Sable 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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