Best PlacesPotterville, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Potterville, 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.
Potterville ranks 16,903rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Potterville
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.
Potterville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Potterville ranks high
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
Where Potterville ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 23% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Potterville
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Potterville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,386, 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 Potterville's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Potterville
Potterville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Potterville.
Who works in Potterville, and how
Work in Potterville 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 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Potterville
Potterville has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Potterville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Potterville, month by month
Potterville sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Potterville
The nearest airport, Capital Region International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 77 miles away.
The best schools in and around Potterville
Schools across Potterville average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Strange SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Parkview Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Delta Center Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kenneth T Beagle Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Charlotte Upper Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Potterville Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Eaton Rapids High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Grand Ledge High SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Charlotte Senior High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Potterville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Potterville 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 Potterville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Potterville
Is Potterville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Potterville ranks 16,903rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, heat safety, and civic engagement, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Potterville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,460. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $82,386 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Potterville safe?
Yes, Potterville is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $265 per resident a year.
Compare Potterville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Potterville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Potterville 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.
Potterville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Potterville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Potterville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Potterville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Potterville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Potterville 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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