Best PlacesPort Huron, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Port Huron, 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.
Port Huron ranks 2,010th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Port Huron
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.
Port Huron's strengths and weaknesses
Where Port Huron ranks high
- Cheap childcare$753 a month, better than 85% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 78% of cities
- Short commute22.4 minutes each way, better than 75% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 68% of cities
Where Port Huron ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Household income$54,568 median, better than only 3% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of cities
- School gradeD+, better than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Port Huron
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Port Huron home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,568, 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 Port Huron's effective rate of 1.30%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Port Huron
Port Huron's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Port Huron.
Who works in Port Huron, and how
Work in Port Huron centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Port Huron
Port Huron has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of cities and more parkland per resident than 98% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Port Huron and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Port Huron, month by month
Port Huron sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 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 | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 62° | 52° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Port Huron
The nearest airport, Bishop International, is about 65 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Port Huron
Schools across Port Huron average a D+, better than 8% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Keewahdin Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Indian Woods Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Garfield Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fort Gratiot Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Holland Woods Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Central Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Port Huron Northern High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Port Huron High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Port Huron Schools Phoenix AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Port Huron school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Port Huron 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 Port Huron against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Port Huron suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Port Huron
Is Port Huron a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Port Huron ranks 2,010th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low disaster risk, and heat safety, and lowest on a weak job market and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Port Huron expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $158,368. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $54,568 median income, cost of living beats 8% of cities.
Is Port Huron safe?
Port Huron is safer than 35% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $419 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Port Huron?
July highs average about 82 degrees, and January highs near 32 with lows near 20. That works out to about 80 pleasant days a year, more than 44% of cities.
Is Port Huron good for families?
Schools beat 8% of cities, crime safety beats 35%, and childcare runs $753 a month.
Compare Port Huron with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Port Huron. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Port Huron 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.
Port Huron detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Port Huron: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Port Huron: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Port Huron: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Port Huron: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Port Huron 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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