Best PlacesMiddleville, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Middleville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Middleville ranks 7,396th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Middleville
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.
Middleville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Middleville ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
Where Middleville ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Middleville
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Middleville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,952, 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 Middleville's effective rate of 1.06%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Middleville
Middleville runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Middleville.
Who works in Middleville, and how
Work in Middleville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Middleville
Middleville has more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Middleville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Middleville, month by month
Middleville sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Middleville
The nearest airport, Gerald R Ford International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Middleville
Schools across Middleville average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Caledonia Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Lee Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Paris Ridge ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kraft Meadows Intermediate SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Duncan Lake Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Wayland Union Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Caledonia High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Thornapple Kellogg High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Wayland High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Middleville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Middleville 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 Middleville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Middleville
Is Middleville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Middleville ranks 7,396th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, heat safety, and low crime, 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 Middleville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $314,368. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $94,952 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Middleville safe?
Yes, Middleville is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare Middleville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Middleville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Middleville 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.
Middleville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Middleville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Middleville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Middleville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Middleville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Middleville 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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