Best PlacesVillage of Grosse Pointe Shores, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores ranks 2,503rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
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.
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores' strengths and weaknesses
Where Village of Grosse Pointe Shores ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$155,321 median, better than 98% of towns
Where Village of Grosse Pointe Shores ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
A household needs to earn about $179,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Village of Grosse Pointe Shores home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $155,321, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Village of Grosse Pointe Shores' effective rate of 1.66%, 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 Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Village of Grosse Pointe Shores.
Who works in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, and how
Work in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Village of Grosse Pointe Shores.
What the weather is like in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, month by month
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 29 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 168 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Schools across Village of Grosse Pointe Shores average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kerby Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Ferry Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- John Monteith Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brownell Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Parcells Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Jefferson Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Grosse Pointe South High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Grosse Pointe North High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Lakeview High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Village of Grosse Pointe Shores school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores 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 Village of Grosse Pointe Shores against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores
Is Village of Grosse Pointe Shores a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Village of Grosse Pointe Shores ranks 2,503rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, what local pay buys, and an educated workforce, and lowest on car insurance costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Village of Grosse Pointe Shores expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $612,839. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $155,321 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Village of Grosse Pointe Shores safe?
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $346 per resident a year.
Compare Village of Grosse Pointe Shores with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Village of Grosse Pointe Shores. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores 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.
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Village of Grosse Pointe Shores: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Village of Grosse Pointe Shores: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Village of Grosse Pointe Shores: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores 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.
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