Best PlacesMorrice, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morrice, 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.
Morrice ranks 26,193rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Morrice
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.
Morrice's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morrice ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Morrice ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 19% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 21% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Morrice
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morrice home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,527, 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 Morrice's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Morrice
Morrice's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morrice.
Who works in Morrice, and how
Work in Morrice centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Morrice
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Morrice.
What the weather is like in Morrice, month by month
Morrice sees roughly 70 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° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Morrice
The nearest airport, Capital Region International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morrice
Schools across Morrice average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perry ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Byron Area Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Morrice Area Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Byron Area Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Perry Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Corunna Middle SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Byron Area High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Corunna High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Perry High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morrice school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morrice 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 Morrice against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Morrice
Is Morrice a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morrice ranks 26,193rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, low crime, and civic engagement, and lowest on car insurance costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morrice expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,152. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $82,527 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Morrice safe?
Yes, Morrice is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $200 per resident a year.
Compare Morrice with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morrice. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morrice 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.
Morrice detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morrice: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morrice: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morrice: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morrice: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morrice 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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