Best PlacesWinship, Detroit, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Winship, Detroit, 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.
Winship, Detroit ranks 5,583rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods 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 Winship, Detroit
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.
Winship, Detroit's strengths and weaknesses
Where Winship, Detroit ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$834 a month, better than 86% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 68% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 63% of neighborhoods
- Short commute22.8 minutes each way, better than 61% of neighborhoods
Where Winship, Detroit ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Winship, Detroit
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Winship, Detroit home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,138, 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 Winship, Detroit's effective rate of 1.55%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Winship, Detroit
Winship, Detroit's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Winship, Detroit.
Who works in Winship, Detroit, and how
Work in Winship, Detroit centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Winship, Detroit
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Winship, Detroit.
What the weather is like in Winship, Detroit, month by month
Winship, Detroit sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Winship, Detroit
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 17 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 Winship, Detroit
Schools across Winship, Detroit average a C−, better than 22% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Foreign Language Immersion And Cultural StudiesC+ · 35% proficient
- Coleman A Young Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Vernor Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Renaissance High SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Oak Park High SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Winship, Detroit school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Winship, Detroit 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 Winship, Detroit against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Winship, Detroit
Is Winship, Detroit a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Winship, Detroit ranks 5,583rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low disaster risk, affordable childcare, and cell coverage, and lowest on car insurance costs and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Winship, Detroit expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $95,611. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $50,138 median income, cost of living beats 23% of neighborhoods.
Is Winship, Detroit safe?
Winship, Detroit is safer than 4% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,215 per resident a year.
Compare Winship, Detroit with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Winship, Detroit. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Winship, Detroit 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.
Winship, Detroit detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Winship, Detroit: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Winship, Detroit: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Winship, Detroit: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Winship, Detroit: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Winship, Detroit 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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