Best PlacesSwartz Creek, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Swartz Creek, 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.
Swartz Creek ranks 26,928th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Swartz Creek
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.
Swartz Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Swartz Creek ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 87% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
Where Swartz Creek ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Swartz Creek
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Swartz Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,834, 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 Swartz Creek's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Swartz Creek
Swartz Creek 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 Swartz Creek.
Who works in Swartz Creek, and how
Work in Swartz Creek 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 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Swartz Creek
Swartz Creek has more parkland per resident than 80% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Swartz Creek and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Swartz Creek, month by month
Swartz Creek sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 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 | 86° | 73° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Swartz Creek
The nearest airport, Bishop International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Swartz Creek
Schools across Swartz Creek average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Linden Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Seymour Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Elms Road Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lake Fenton Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Linden Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Flushing Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Linden High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Lake Fenton High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Swartz Creek High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Swartz Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Swartz Creek 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 Swartz Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Swartz Creek suits
Families
Schools land around the 23rd percentile and crime safety beats 68%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Swartz Creek
Is Swartz Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Swartz Creek ranks 26,928th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, transit, and few empty homes, and lowest on car insurance costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Swartz Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,534. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $71,834 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Swartz Creek safe?
Yes, Swartz Creek is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $292 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Swartz Creek?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 18. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 33% of towns.
Is Swartz Creek good for families?
Schools beat 23% of towns, crime safety beats 68%, and childcare runs $746 a month.
Compare Swartz Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Swartz Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Swartz Creek 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.
Swartz Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Swartz Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Swartz Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Swartz Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Swartz Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Swartz Creek 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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