Best PlacesTemperance, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Temperance, 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.
Temperance ranks 12,884th 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 Temperance
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.
Temperance's strengths and weaknesses
Where Temperance ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
Where Temperance ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 23% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 29% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Temperance
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Temperance home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,839, 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 Temperance's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Temperance
Temperance runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Temperance.
Who works in Temperance, and how
Work in Temperance centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Temperance
Temperance has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Temperance and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Temperance, month by month
Temperance sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Temperance
The nearest airport, Eugene F Kranz Toledo Express, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 33 miles away.
The best schools in and around Temperance
Schools across Temperance average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ida Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Whiteford Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Monroe Road Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mason Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Whiteford Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Ida Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Ida High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Bedford Senior High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Summerfield Juniorsenior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Temperance school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Temperance 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 Temperance against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Temperance suits
Families
Schools land around the 48th percentile and crime safety beats 82%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 73% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 58% of towns and health care access beats 83%.
Common questions about living in Temperance
Is Temperance a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Temperance ranks 12,884th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, fast internet, and few empty homes, and lowest on car insurance costs and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Temperance expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,239. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $81,839 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Temperance safe?
Yes, Temperance is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Temperance?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 22. That works out to about 89 pleasant days a year, more than 58% of towns.
Is Temperance good for families?
Schools beat 48% of towns, crime safety beats 82%, and childcare runs $656 a month.
Compare Temperance with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Temperance. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Temperance 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.
Temperance detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Temperance: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Temperance: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Temperance: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Temperance: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Temperance 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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