Best PlacesNew Swanzy, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Swanzy, 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.
New Swanzy ranks 28,955th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Swanzy
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 Swanzy's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Swanzy ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
Where New Swanzy ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Swanzy
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Swanzy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,798, 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 Swanzy's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 7 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 Swanzy
New Swanzy runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Swanzy.
Who works in New Swanzy, and how
Work in New Swanzy centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in New Swanzy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Swanzy.
What the weather is like in New Swanzy, month by month
New Swanzy sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 77 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 18° | 12° |
| April | 46° | 37° | 28° |
| July | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| October | 54° | 45° | 38° |
Flying in and out of New Swanzy
The nearest airport, Marquette/Sawyer Regional, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 229 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Swanzy
Schools across New Swanzy average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lakeview SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Wells Township SchoolB · 50% proficient
- George D Gilbert Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Negaunee Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Ishpeming Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Negaunee High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Gwinn Middlehigh SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Swanzy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Swanzy 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 Swanzy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Swanzy
Is New Swanzy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Swanzy ranks 28,955th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, health care access, and low disaster risk, and lowest on distance from a big city and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Swanzy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $218,448. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $78,798 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is New Swanzy safe?
New Swanzy is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $507 per resident a year.
Compare New Swanzy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Swanzy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Swanzy 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 Swanzy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Swanzy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Swanzy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Swanzy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Swanzy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Swanzy 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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