Best PlacesPointe Aux Pins, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pointe Aux Pins, 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.
Pointe Aux Pins ranks 6,502nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pointe Aux Pins
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.
Pointe Aux Pins' strengths and weaknesses
Where Pointe Aux Pins ranks high
- Short commute4.6 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
Where Pointe Aux Pins ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pointe Aux Pins
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pointe Aux Pins home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $132,500, 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 Pointe Aux Pins' effective rate of 1.25%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pointe Aux Pins
Pointe Aux Pins 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 Pointe Aux Pins.
Who works in Pointe Aux Pins, and how
Work in Pointe Aux Pins centers on arts & entertainment and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 47%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 24%
Life in Pointe Aux Pins
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pointe Aux Pins.
What the weather is like in Pointe Aux Pins, month by month
Pointe Aux Pins sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 22° | 16° |
| April | 49° | 39° | 30° |
| July | 79° | 68° | 57° |
| October | 58° | 49° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Pointe Aux Pins
The nearest airport, Pellston Regional/Emmet County, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 253 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pointe Aux Pins
Schools across Pointe Aux Pins average a B, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cheboygan Intermediate SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Cheboygan Area High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Lasalle High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pointe Aux Pins school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pointe Aux Pins 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 Pointe Aux Pins against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pointe Aux Pins
Is Pointe Aux Pins a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pointe Aux Pins ranks 6,502nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, civic engagement, and an educated workforce, and lowest on cell coverage and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pointe Aux Pins expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,500. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $132,500 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Pointe Aux Pins safe?
Yes, Pointe Aux Pins is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $293 per resident a year.
Compare Pointe Aux Pins with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pointe Aux Pins. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pointe Aux Pins 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.
Pointe Aux Pins detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pointe Aux Pins: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pointe Aux Pins: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pointe Aux Pins: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pointe Aux Pins: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pointe Aux Pins 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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