Best PlacesMendon, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mendon, 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.
Mendon ranks 17,696th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mendon
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.
Mendon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mendon ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
Where Mendon ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mendon
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mendon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,037, 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 Mendon's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Mendon
Mendon runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mendon.
Who works in Mendon, and how
Work in Mendon centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mendon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mendon.
What the weather is like in Mendon, month by month
Mendon sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 27° | 21° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Mendon
The nearest airport, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mendon
Schools across Mendon average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Indian Lake Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Nottawa Community SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Park Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Vicksburg Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Three Rivers Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Vicksburg High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Three Rivers High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Centreville Jr Sr High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mendon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mendon 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 Mendon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mendon
Is Mendon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mendon ranks 17,696th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low disaster risk, and walkability, and lowest on car insurance costs and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mendon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $182,144. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $70,037 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Mendon safe?
Yes, Mendon is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare Mendon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mendon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mendon 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.
Mendon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mendon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mendon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mendon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mendon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mendon 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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