Best PlacesMuttonville, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Muttonville, 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.
Muttonville ranks 27,159th 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 Muttonville
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.
Muttonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Muttonville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Muttonville ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 28% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Muttonville
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Muttonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $85,256; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Muttonville's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Muttonville
Muttonville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Muttonville.
Who works in Muttonville, and how
Work in Muttonville centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Muttonville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Muttonville.
What the weather is like in Muttonville, month by month
Muttonville sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 62° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Muttonville
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 51 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 Muttonville
Schools across Muttonville average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Will L Lee SchoolB · 48% proficient
- New Haven Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Armada Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Richmond Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Armada High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Anchor Bay High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Richmond Community High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Muttonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Muttonville 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 Muttonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Muttonville
Is Muttonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Muttonville ranks 27,159th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, civic engagement, and heat safety, and lowest on car insurance costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Muttonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $338,878. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $85,256 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Muttonville safe?
Muttonville is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
Compare Muttonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Muttonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Muttonville 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.
Muttonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Muttonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Muttonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Muttonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Muttonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Muttonville 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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