Best PlacesSelkirk, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Selkirk, 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.
Selkirk ranks 33,311th 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 Selkirk
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.
Selkirk's strengths and weaknesses
Where Selkirk ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
- Cheap childcare$610 a month, better than 78% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 77% of towns
Where Selkirk ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 21% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Selkirk
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Selkirk home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,101, 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 Selkirk's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Selkirk
Selkirk 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 Selkirk.
Who works in Selkirk, and how
Work in Selkirk centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Selkirk
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Selkirk.
What the weather is like in Selkirk, month by month
Selkirk sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 22° | 15° |
| April | 55° | 42° | 31° |
| July | 83° | 70° | 56° |
| October | 60° | 49° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Selkirk
The nearest airport, MBS International, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 149 miles away.
The best schools in and around Selkirk
Schools across Selkirk average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rose City SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Surline Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Surline Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Ogemaw Heights High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Selkirk school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Selkirk 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 Selkirk against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Selkirk
Is Selkirk a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Selkirk ranks 33,311th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low disaster risk, and health care access, and lowest on car insurance costs and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Selkirk expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,583. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $61,101 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Selkirk safe?
Yes, Selkirk is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare Selkirk with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Selkirk. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Selkirk 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.
Selkirk detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Selkirk: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Selkirk: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Selkirk: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Selkirk: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Selkirk 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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