Best PlacesNew Haven, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Haven, 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 Haven ranks 28,020th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on few empty homes.
The best neighborhoods in New Haven
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 Haven's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Haven ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
Where New Haven ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Short commute32.2 minutes each way, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Haven
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Haven home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,262, 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 Haven'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 5 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 Haven
New Haven 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 New Haven.
Who works in New Haven, and how
Work in New Haven centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in New Haven
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Haven.
What the weather is like in New Haven, month by month
New Haven sees roughly 69 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 Haven
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 46 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 Haven
Schools across New Haven average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Orville C Krause Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Will L Lee SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Francois Maconce Elem SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Armada Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Anchor Bay Middle School NorthB− · 42% proficient
- Middle School EastC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Armada High SchoolC+ · 38% 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 Haven school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Haven 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 Haven against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Haven
Is New Haven a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Haven ranks 28,020th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cell coverage, 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 New Haven expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $209,007. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $72,262 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is New Haven safe?
Yes, New Haven is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
Compare New Haven with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Haven. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Haven 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 Haven detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Haven: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Haven: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Haven: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Haven: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Haven 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.