Best PlacesShorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, 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.
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert ranks 26,069th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
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.
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
Where Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute39.7 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $83,028; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert's effective rate of 0.77%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert 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 Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert.
Who works in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, and how
Work in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 38%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert.
What the weather is like in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, month by month
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 58° | 47° | 39° |
| July | 81° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 63° | 53° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 58 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Schools across Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Three Oaks Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fc Reed Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- New Buffalo Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- River Valley Middlehigh SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert 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 Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert
Is Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert ranks 26,069th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and low disaster risk, and lowest on car insurance costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $334,300. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $83,028 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert safe?
Yes, Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $315 per resident a year.
Compare Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert 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.
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert 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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