Best PlacesLivonia, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Livonia, 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.
Livonia ranks 896th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Livonia
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.
Livonia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Livonia ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of cities
- School gradeB+, better than 81% of cities
Where Livonia ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Livonia
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Livonia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,293, 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 Livonia's effective rate of 1.35%, 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 Livonia
Livonia runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Livonia.
Who works in Livonia, and how
Work in Livonia 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 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Livonia
Livonia has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of cities and more parkland per resident than 99% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Livonia and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Livonia, month by month
Livonia sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Livonia
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 13 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 Livonia
Schools across Livonia average a B+, better than 81% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Webster Elementary SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
- Nw Wayne Trainable CenterA+ · 75% proficient
- Hoover Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Meads Mill Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
- West Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Riley Upper Elementary SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Northville High SchoolA− · 66% proficient
- Stevenson High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Churchill High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Livonia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Livonia 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 Livonia against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Livonia suits
Common questions about living in Livonia
Is Livonia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Livonia ranks 896th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low disaster risk, and health care access, 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 Livonia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $291,655. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $100,293 median income, cost of living beats 64% of cities.
Is Livonia safe?
Livonia is safer than 35% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Livonia?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 20. That works out to about 64 pleasant days a year, more than 14% of cities.
Is Livonia good for families?
Schools beat 81% of cities, crime safety beats 35%, and childcare runs $834 a month.
Compare Livonia with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Livonia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Livonia 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.
Livonia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Livonia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Livonia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Livonia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Livonia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Livonia 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.