Best PlacesParkers Corners, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Parkers Corners, 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.
Parkers Corners ranks 9,179th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Parkers Corners
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.
Parkers Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Parkers Corners ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$111,688 median, better than 90% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
Where Parkers Corners ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute35.0 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Parkers Corners
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Parkers Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $111,688, 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 Parkers Corners' effective rate of 0.96%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Parkers Corners
Parkers Corners runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Parkers Corners.
Who works in Parkers Corners, and how
Work in Parkers Corners 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 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Parkers Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Parkers Corners.
What the weather is like in Parkers Corners, month by month
Parkers Corners sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 38° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 63° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Parkers Corners
The nearest airport, Capital Region International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 45 miles away.
The best schools in and around Parkers Corners
Schools across Parkers Corners average a C+, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Challenger Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Webberville Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Parker Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Fowlerville Junior High SchoolC− · 31% proficient
- Webberville Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Howell High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Fowlerville High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Stockbridge Jrsr High SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Parkers Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Parkers Corners 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 Parkers Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Parkers Corners
Is Parkers Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Parkers Corners ranks 9,179th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low crime, and high incomes, and lowest on car insurance costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Parkers Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $316,748. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $111,688 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Parkers Corners safe?
Yes, Parkers Corners is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $169 per resident a year.
Compare Parkers Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Parkers Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Parkers Corners 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.
Parkers Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Parkers Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Parkers Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Parkers Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Parkers Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Parkers Corners 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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