Best PlacesMarenisco, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marenisco, 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.
Marenisco ranks 39,036th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Marenisco
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.
Marenisco's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marenisco ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute19.9 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 82% of towns
Where Marenisco ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marenisco
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marenisco home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,314, 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 Marenisco's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Marenisco
Marenisco 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 Marenisco.
Who works in Marenisco, and how
Work in Marenisco centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Marenisco
Marenisco has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Marenisco and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Marenisco, month by month
Marenisco sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 22, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22° | 14° | 7° |
| April | 49° | 37° | 28° |
| July | 79° | 66° | 54° |
| October | 53° | 44° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Marenisco
The nearest airport, Gogebic/Iron County, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 200 miles away.
The best schools in and around Marenisco
Schools across Marenisco average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Lakeland ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Washington SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Hurley HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Ad Johnston Jrsr High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marenisco school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marenisco 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 Marenisco against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Marenisco
Is Marenisco a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marenisco ranks 39,036th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, quiet, and health care access, and lowest on car insurance costs and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marenisco expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,893. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $62,314 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Marenisco safe?
Marenisco is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $567 per resident a year.
Compare Marenisco with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marenisco. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marenisco 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.
Marenisco detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marenisco: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marenisco: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marenisco: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marenisco: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marenisco 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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