Best PlacesWeale, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Weale, 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.
Weale ranks 29,830th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Car insurance costs pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Weale
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.
Weale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Weale ranks high
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$604 a month, better than 78% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 78% of towns
Where Weale ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Weale
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Weale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,500, 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 Weale's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Weale
Weale runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Weale.
Who works in Weale, and how
Work in Weale centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Weale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Weale.
What the weather is like in Weale, month by month
Weale sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 61° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Weale
The nearest airport, MBS International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Weale
Schools across Weale average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Laker ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Unionvillesebewaing Elem SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Unionvillesebewaing Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Laker Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Laker High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Unionvillesebewaing High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Weale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Weale 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 Weale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Weale
Is Weale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Weale ranks 29,830th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on car insurance costs and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Weale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $151,300. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $72,500 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Weale safe?
Weale is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $330 per resident a year.
Compare Weale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Weale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Weale 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.
Weale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Weale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Weale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Weale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Weale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Weale 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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