Best PlacesPresque Isle, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Presque Isle, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Presque Isle ranks 21,682nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Presque Isle
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.
Presque Isle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Presque Isle ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Presque Isle ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Presque Isle
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Presque Isle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,983, 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 Presque Isle's effective rate of 0.90%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Presque Isle
Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle.
Who works in Presque Isle, and how
Work in Presque Isle centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Presque Isle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Presque Isle.
What the weather is like in Presque Isle, month by month
Presque Isle sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 23° | 16° |
| April | 51° | 40° | 30° |
| July | 80° | 68° | 57° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Presque Isle
The nearest airport, Alpena County Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 214 miles away.
The best schools in and around Presque Isle
Schools across Presque Isle average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Posen Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Hinks ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thunder Bay Junior High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Alpena High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Posen Consolidated High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Rogers City High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Presque Isle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Presque Isle
Is Presque Isle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Presque Isle ranks 21,682nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, health care access, and fast internet, and lowest on car insurance costs 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 Presque Isle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,008. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $81,983 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Presque Isle safe?
Yes, Presque Isle is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $208 per resident a year.
Compare Presque Isle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Presque Isle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Presque Isle 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.
Presque Isle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Presque Isle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Presque Isle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Presque Isle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Presque Isle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Presque Isle 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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