Best PlacesOak Shade Park, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Shade Park, 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.
Oak Shade Park ranks 33,572nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oak Shade Park
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.
Oak Shade Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Shade Park ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
Where Oak Shade Park ranks low
- Short commute43.4 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Shade Park
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Shade Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $60,443, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Oak Shade Park's effective rate of 1.02%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Oak Shade Park
Oak Shade Park 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 Oak Shade Park.
Who works in Oak Shade Park, and how
Work in Oak Shade Park centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Oak Shade Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oak Shade Park.
What the weather is like in Oak Shade Park, month by month
Oak Shade Park sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Oak Shade Park
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oak Shade Park
Schools across Oak Shade Park average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Onsted ElementaryC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Onsted Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Manchester Juniorsenior High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Columbia Central High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Onsted Community High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Shade Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Shade Park 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 Oak Shade Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oak Shade Park
Is Oak Shade Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Shade Park ranks 33,572nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and fast internet, and lowest on long commutes 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 Oak Shade Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $334,496. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $60,443 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Oak Shade Park safe?
Yes, Oak Shade Park is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $313 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Shade Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Shade Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Shade Park 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.
Oak Shade Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Shade Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Shade Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Shade Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Shade Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Shade Park 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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