Best PlacesOverisel, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Overisel, 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.
Overisel ranks 5,341st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Overisel
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.
Overisel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Overisel ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
Where Overisel ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 21% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Overisel
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Overisel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $110,285, 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 Overisel's effective rate of 0.95%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Overisel
Overisel runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Overisel.
Who works in Overisel, and how
Work in Overisel 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 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Overisel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Overisel.
What the weather is like in Overisel, month by month
Overisel sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Overisel
The nearest airport, Gerald R Ford International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Overisel
Schools across Overisel average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sandyview Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Adams Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Zeeland QuestB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cityside Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Hamilton Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Holland Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Zeeland East High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Hamilton High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Overisel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Overisel 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 Overisel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Overisel
Is Overisel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Overisel ranks 5,341st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, heat safety, and low disaster risk, 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 Overisel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $339,968. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $110,285 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Overisel safe?
Yes, Overisel is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
Compare Overisel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Overisel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Overisel 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.
Overisel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Overisel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Overisel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Overisel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Overisel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Overisel 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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