Best PlacesTesch, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tesch, 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.
Tesch ranks 19,840th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tesch
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.
Tesch's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tesch ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute19.7 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Tesch ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tesch
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tesch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,634, 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 Tesch's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 Tesch
Tesch runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tesch.
Who works in Tesch, and how
Work in Tesch centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tesch
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tesch.
What the weather is like in Tesch, month by month
Tesch sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 20° | 12° |
| April | 49° | 38° | 28° |
| July | 79° | 68° | 55° |
| October | 58° | 48° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Tesch
The nearest airport, Delta County, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 195 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tesch
Schools across Tesch average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bark Riverharris Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Escanaba Upper ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Escanaba Juniorsenior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Bark Riverharris Jrsr High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tesch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tesch 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 Tesch against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tesch
Is Tesch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tesch ranks 19,840th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, health care access, and short commutes, and lowest on car insurance costs 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 Tesch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,391. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $74,634 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Tesch safe?
Yes, Tesch is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $228 per resident a year.
Compare Tesch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tesch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tesch 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.
Tesch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tesch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tesch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tesch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tesch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tesch 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.