Best PlacesRidgeway, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ridgeway, 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.
Ridgeway ranks 9,191st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ridgeway
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.
Ridgeway's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ridgeway ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$116,393 median, better than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
Where Ridgeway ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute38.3 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ridgeway
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ridgeway home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,393, 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 Ridgeway's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 Ridgeway
Ridgeway runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ridgeway.
Who works in Ridgeway, and how
Work in Ridgeway centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ridgeway
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ridgeway.
What the weather is like in Ridgeway, month by month
Ridgeway sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 61° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Ridgeway
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 31 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ridgeway
Schools across Ridgeway average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Britton Deerfield Schooldeerfield BuildingC− · 27% proficient
- Blissfield ElementaryC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Blissfield Middle SchoolC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Tecumseh High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Blissfield High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Summerfield Juniorsenior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ridgeway school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ridgeway 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 Ridgeway against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ridgeway
Is Ridgeway a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ridgeway ranks 9,191st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on a weak job market and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ridgeway expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $236,456. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $116,393 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Ridgeway safe?
Yes, Ridgeway is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $158 per resident a year.
Compare Ridgeway with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ridgeway. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ridgeway 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.
Ridgeway detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ridgeway: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ridgeway: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ridgeway: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ridgeway: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ridgeway 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.