Best PlacesStrongs, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Strongs, 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.
Strongs ranks 36,353rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Strongs
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.
Strongs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Strongs ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute18.2 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
Where Strongs ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Strongs
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Strongs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,226, 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 Strongs' effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Strongs
Strongs 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 Strongs.
Who works in Strongs, and how
Work in Strongs centers on public administration and arts & entertainment. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Strongs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Strongs.
What the weather is like in Strongs, month by month
Strongs sees roughly 120 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 27, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 19° | 11° |
| April | 49° | 38° | 28° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 55° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Strongs
The nearest airport, Chippewa County International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 281 miles away.
The best schools in and around Strongs
Schools across Strongs average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top high schools
- Sault Area High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Strongs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Strongs 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 Strongs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Strongs
Is Strongs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Strongs ranks 36,353rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, short commutes, and quiet, and lowest on distance from a big city and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Strongs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $184,227. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $66,226 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Strongs safe?
Strongs is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $533 per resident a year.
Compare Strongs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Strongs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Strongs 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.
Strongs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Strongs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Strongs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Strongs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Strongs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Strongs 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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