Best PlacesPearl Grange, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pearl Grange, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pearl Grange ranks 44,159th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pearl Grange
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.
Pearl Grange's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pearl Grange ranks high
- Short commute11.0 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of towns
Where Pearl Grange ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Household income$47,917 median, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pearl Grange
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pearl Grange home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,917, 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 Pearl Grange's effective rate of 1.23%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pearl Grange
Pearl Grange 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 Pearl Grange.
Who works in Pearl Grange, and how
Work in Pearl Grange centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pearl Grange
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pearl Grange.
What the weather is like in Pearl Grange, month by month
Pearl Grange sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Pearl Grange
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 74 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pearl Grange
Schools across Pearl Grange average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Fair Plain Middle SchoolF · 2% proficient
Top high schools
- Benton Harbor High SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pearl Grange school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pearl Grange 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 Pearl Grange against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pearl Grange
Is Pearl Grange a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pearl Grange ranks 44,159th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, low disaster risk, and big-city access, and lowest on the schools 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 Pearl Grange expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,000. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $47,917 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Pearl Grange safe?
Pearl Grange is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $371 per resident a year.
Compare Pearl Grange with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pearl Grange. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pearl Grange 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.
Pearl Grange detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pearl Grange: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pearl Grange: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pearl Grange: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pearl Grange: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pearl Grange 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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