Best PlacesNorvell, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Norvell, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Norvell ranks 8,890th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Norvell
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.
Norvell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Norvell ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 87% of towns
Where Norvell ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 25% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Norvell
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Norvell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,676, 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 Norvell's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Norvell
Norvell runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Norvell.
Who works in Norvell, and how
Work in Norvell centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Norvell
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Norvell.
What the weather is like in Norvell, month by month
Norvell sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 61° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Norvell
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 42 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 Norvell
Schools across Norvell average a C+, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- George Long Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Ezra Eby Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Grass Lake Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Napoleon Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Grass Lake High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Manchester Juniorsenior High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Columbia Central High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Norvell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Norvell 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 Norvell against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Norvell
Is Norvell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Norvell ranks 8,890th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, quiet, and low crime, and lowest on car insurance costs and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Norvell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $300,483. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $102,676 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Norvell safe?
Yes, Norvell is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Norvell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Norvell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Norvell 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.
Norvell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Norvell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Norvell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Norvell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Norvell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Norvell 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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