Best PlacesSouthwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn, 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.
Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn ranks 4,200th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Property taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn
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.
Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$834 a month, better than 86% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 69% of neighborhoods
Where Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,220, 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 Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn's effective rate of 1.83%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn
Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn.
Who works in Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn, and how
Work in Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn
Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn has more parkland per resident than 69% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn, month by month
Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn 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 Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 7 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 Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn
Schools across Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn average a C, better than 51% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Duvall Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Snow Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Nowlin Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dearborn Stem Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Smith Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Oakley W Best Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Henry Ford Early Collegeadvanced ManufacturingC · 32% proficient
- Annapolis High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn 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 Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn suits
Families
Schools land around the 51st percentile and crime safety beats 69%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn
Is Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn ranks 4,200th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and civic engagement, and lowest on property taxes 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 Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,959. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $72,220 median income, cost of living beats 46% of neighborhoods.
Is Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn safe?
Yes, Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn is safer than 69% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $373 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn?
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 neighborhoods.
Is Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn good for families?
Schools beat 51% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 69%, and childcare runs $834 a month.
Compare Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn 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.
Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Southwestern Outer Drive, Dearborn 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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