Best PlacesSpring Arbor, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring Arbor, 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.
Spring Arbor ranks 14,821st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low crime.
The best neighborhoods in Spring Arbor
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.
Spring Arbor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spring Arbor ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute20.4 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Spring Arbor ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 29% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spring Arbor
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring Arbor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,098, 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 Spring Arbor's effective rate of 1.28%, 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 Spring Arbor
Spring Arbor runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Spring Arbor.
Who works in Spring Arbor, and how
Work in Spring Arbor centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Spring Arbor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Spring Arbor.
What the weather is like in Spring Arbor, month by month
Spring Arbor sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 61° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Spring Arbor
The nearest airport, Capital Region International, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spring Arbor
Schools across Spring Arbor average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Warner Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Bean Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Concord Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Western Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Concord Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Western High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Concord High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring Arbor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring Arbor 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 Spring Arbor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spring Arbor
Is Spring Arbor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring Arbor ranks 14,821st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, population health, and short commutes, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring Arbor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,128. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $71,098 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Spring Arbor safe?
Yes, Spring Arbor is safer than 89% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $209 per resident a year.
Compare Spring Arbor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring Arbor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring Arbor 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.
Spring Arbor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring Arbor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring Arbor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring Arbor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring Arbor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring Arbor 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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