Best PlacesVolinia, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Volinia, 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.
Volinia ranks 28,831st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Volinia
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.
Volinia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Volinia ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute20.0 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Cheap childcare$626 a month, better than 76% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Volinia ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Volinia
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Volinia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,479, 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 Volinia's effective rate of 1.13%, 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 Volinia
Volinia's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Volinia.
Who works in Volinia, and how
Work in Volinia centers on retail trade and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Volinia
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Volinia.
What the weather is like in Volinia, month by month
Volinia sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Volinia
The nearest airport, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Volinia
Schools across Volinia average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lawrence Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Davis Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Decatur Jr Sr High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Volinia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Volinia 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 Volinia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Volinia
Is Volinia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Volinia ranks 28,831st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, short commutes, and big-city access, and lowest on car insurance costs and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Volinia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $215,000. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $64,479 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Volinia safe?
Yes, Volinia is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $145 per resident a year.
Compare Volinia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Volinia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Volinia 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.
Volinia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Volinia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Volinia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Volinia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Volinia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Volinia 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.