Best PlacesRamona, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ramona, 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.
Ramona ranks 37,882nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ramona
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.
Ramona's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ramona ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Ramona ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ramona
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ramona home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,823, 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 Ramona's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 Ramona
Ramona runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ramona.
Who works in Ramona, and how
Work in Ramona centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ramona
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ramona.
What the weather is like in Ramona, month by month
Ramona sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 26° | 21° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Ramona
The nearest airport, Muskegon County, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 113 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ramona
Schools across Ramona average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- White Cloud Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- David C Outwin Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- White Cloud Junior High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- White Cloud High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ramona school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ramona 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 Ramona against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ramona
Is Ramona a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ramona ranks 37,882nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, tree cover, and low crime, and lowest on car insurance costs and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ramona expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,849. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $54,823 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Ramona safe?
Yes, Ramona is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare Ramona with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ramona. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ramona 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.
Ramona detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ramona: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ramona: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ramona: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ramona: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ramona 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.