Best PlacesNew Baltimore, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Baltimore, 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.
New Baltimore ranks 1,087th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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 New Baltimore
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.
New Baltimore's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Baltimore ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 74% of cities
Where New Baltimore ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 20% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 26% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 29% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 32% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in New Baltimore
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Baltimore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,499, 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 New Baltimore's effective rate of 1.17%, 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 New Baltimore
New Baltimore runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Baltimore.
Who works in New Baltimore, and how
Work in New Baltimore centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in New Baltimore
New Baltimore has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities and more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of New Baltimore and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Baltimore, month by month
New Baltimore sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 20° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of New Baltimore
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 43 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 New Baltimore
Schools across New Baltimore average a C+, better than 38% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Great Oaks Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Lottie M Schmidt Elem SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Ashley Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Anchor Bay Middle School NorthB− · 42% proficient
- Middle School NorthC+ · 39% proficient
- Middle School EastC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- High School NorthC+ · 36% proficient
- Anchor Bay High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- New Haven High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Baltimore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Baltimore 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 New Baltimore against the other 2,097 cities.
Who New Baltimore suits
Families
Schools land around the 38th percentile and crime safety beats 90%.
Common questions about living in New Baltimore
Is New Baltimore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Baltimore ranks 1,087th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low crime, civic engagement, and health care access, and lowest on car insurance costs and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Baltimore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $297,025. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $96,499 median income, cost of living beats 60% of cities.
Is New Baltimore safe?
Yes, New Baltimore is safer than 90% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $219 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in New Baltimore?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 20. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 26% of cities.
Is New Baltimore good for families?
Schools beat 38% of cities, crime safety beats 90%, and childcare runs $860 a month.
Compare New Baltimore with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Baltimore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Baltimore 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.
New Baltimore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Baltimore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Baltimore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Baltimore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Baltimore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Baltimore 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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