Best PlacesOldport, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oldport, 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.
Oldport ranks 12,963rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oldport
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.
Oldport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oldport ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$114,044 median, better than 91% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
Where Oldport ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oldport
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oldport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $114,044, 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 Oldport's effective rate of 1.02%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Oldport
Oldport runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oldport.
Who works in Oldport, and how
Work in Oldport centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Oldport
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oldport.
What the weather is like in Oldport, month by month
Oldport sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Oldport
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 16 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 Oldport
Schools across Oldport average a C−, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fred W Ritter Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- North Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wagar 56 Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Jefferson Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Airport Middle CollegeA · 75% proficient
- Jefferson High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oldport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oldport 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 Oldport against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oldport
Is Oldport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oldport ranks 12,963rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on car insurance costs and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oldport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $299,549. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $114,044 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Oldport safe?
Yes, Oldport is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
Compare Oldport with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oldport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oldport 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.
Oldport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oldport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oldport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oldport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oldport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oldport 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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