Best PlacesRomulus, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Romulus, 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.
Romulus ranks 1,956th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on heat safety.
The best neighborhoods in Romulus
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.
Romulus' strengths and weaknesses
Where Romulus ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of cities
- Cheap childcare$834 a month, better than 78% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 72% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 70% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 58% of cities
Where Romulus ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of cities
- School gradeD+, better than only 9% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Romulus
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Romulus home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,493, 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 Romulus' effective rate of 1.48%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Romulus
Romulus'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 Romulus.
Who works in Romulus, and how
Work in Romulus centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Romulus
Romulus has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Romulus and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Romulus, month by month
Romulus 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 Romulus
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 0 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 Romulus
Schools across Romulus average a D+, better than 9% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Wegienka Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Savage Road Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Tyler Road Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brownstown Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Carl T Renton Jr High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Owen Intermediate SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Wayne Memorial High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Woodhaven High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Summit Academy North High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Romulus school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Romulus 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 Romulus against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Romulus suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Romulus
Is Romulus a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Romulus ranks 1,956th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on heat safety, affordable childcare, and low disaster risk, 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 Romulus expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,988. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $72,493 median income, cost of living beats 22% of cities.
Is Romulus safe?
Romulus is safer than 11% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $551 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Romulus?
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 Romulus good for families?
Schools beat 9% of cities, crime safety beats 11%, and childcare runs $834 a month.
Compare Romulus with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Romulus. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Romulus 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.
Romulus detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Romulus: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Romulus: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Romulus: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Romulus: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Romulus 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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