Best PlacesSteuben, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Steuben, 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.
Steuben ranks 32,988th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Steuben
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.
Steuben's strengths and weaknesses
Where Steuben ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Steuben ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Steuben
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Steuben home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,346, 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 Steuben's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Steuben
Steuben 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 Steuben.
Who works in Steuben, and how
Work in Steuben 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 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Steuben
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Steuben.
What the weather is like in Steuben, month by month
Steuben sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 77 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 21° | 13° |
| April | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| July | 77° | 66° | 54° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Steuben
The nearest airport, Delta County, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 234 miles away.
The best schools in and around Steuben
Schools across Steuben average a C, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- William G Mather Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Emerald Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Manistique Middle And High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Munising High And Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Steuben school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Steuben 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 Steuben against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Steuben
Is Steuben a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Steuben ranks 32,988th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, quiet, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Steuben expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,052. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $66,346 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Steuben safe?
Steuben is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $345 per resident a year.
Compare Steuben with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Steuben. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Steuben 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.
Steuben detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Steuben: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Steuben: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Steuben: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Steuben: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Steuben 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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