Best PlacesRedford, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Redford, 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.
Redford ranks 1,932nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Redford
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.
Redford's strengths and weaknesses
Where Redford ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of cities
- BikingBetter than 82% of cities
- TransitBetter than 79% of cities
- Cheap childcare$834 a month, better than 78% of cities
Where Redford ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of cities
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Redford
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Redford home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,857, 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 Redford's effective rate of 1.62%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Redford
Redford's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Redford.
Who works in Redford, and how
Work in Redford centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Redford
Redford has more parkland per resident than 99% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Redford and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Redford, month by month
Redford sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Redford
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 13 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 168 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Redford
Schools across Redford average a D−, better than 2% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Gompers Elementarymiddle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Redford Service Learning Academy CampusD+ · 25% proficient
- Thomas Jefferson Elem SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dearborn Stem Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Clarenceville Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- John D Pierce Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Henry Ford Early CollegeB− · 45% proficient
- Clarenceville High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Soar Academic InstituteD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Redford school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Redford 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 Redford against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Redford suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Redford
Is Redford a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Redford ranks 1,932nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Redford expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $148,572. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $71,857 median income, cost of living beats 27% of cities.
Is Redford safe?
Redford is safer than 3% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $680 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Redford?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 20. That works out to about 63 pleasant days a year, more than 13% of cities.
Is Redford good for families?
Schools beat 2% of cities, crime safety beats 3%, and childcare runs $834 a month.
Compare Redford with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Redford. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Redford 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.
Redford detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Redford: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Redford: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Redford: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Redford: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Redford 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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