Best PlacesRollin, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rollin, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rollin ranks 27,650th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Rollin
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.
Rollin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rollin ranks high
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$591 a month, better than 80% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 73% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 72% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 71% of towns
Where Rollin ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Short commute31.1 minutes each way, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rollin
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rollin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,267, 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 Rollin's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rollin
Rollin 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 Rollin.
Who works in Rollin, and how
Work in Rollin centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Rollin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rollin.
What the weather is like in Rollin, month by month
Rollin sees roughly 83 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 Rollin
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rollin
Schools across Rollin average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Addison Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Addison Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Hudson Middle SchoolF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Addison High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Hudson Area Jrsr High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rollin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rollin 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 Rollin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rollin
Is Rollin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rollin ranks 27,650th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, affordable childcare, and civic engagement, and lowest on car insurance costs and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rollin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $226,006. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $77,267 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Rollin safe?
Yes, Rollin is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $273 per resident a year.
Compare Rollin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rollin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rollin 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.
Rollin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rollin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rollin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rollin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rollin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rollin 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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