Best PlacesNewberry, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Newberry, 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.
Newberry ranks 37,714th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Newberry
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.
Newberry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Newberry ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute14.0 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Newberry ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$50,316 median, better than only 13% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Newberry
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Newberry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,316, 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 Newberry's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 Newberry
Newberry's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Newberry.
Who works in Newberry, and how
Work in Newberry centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Newberry
Newberry has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Newberry and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Newberry, month by month
Newberry sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 78 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 47° | 38° | 30° |
| July | 78° | 66° | 56° |
| October | 55° | 47° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Newberry
The nearest airport, Chippewa County International, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 263 miles away.
The best schools in and around Newberry
Schools across Newberry average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- William G Mather Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Emerald Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
- Gros Cap SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Manistique Middle And High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Sault Area High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Munising High And Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Newberry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Newberry 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 Newberry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Newberry
Is Newberry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Newberry ranks 37,714th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, short commutes, and walkability, 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 Newberry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $90,029. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $50,316 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Newberry safe?
Newberry is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $726 per resident a year.
Compare Newberry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Newberry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Newberry 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.
Newberry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Newberry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Newberry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Newberry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Newberry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Newberry 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.