Best PlacesWoodhaven, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodhaven, 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.
Woodhaven ranks 14,665th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Woodhaven
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.
Woodhaven's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodhaven ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$98,754 median, better than 84% of towns
Where Woodhaven ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodhaven
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodhaven home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,754, 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 Woodhaven's effective rate of 1.67%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Woodhaven
Woodhaven runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Woodhaven.
Who works in Woodhaven, and how
Work in Woodhaven centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Woodhaven
Woodhaven has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Woodhaven and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woodhaven, month by month
Woodhaven sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 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 | 57° | 47° | 39° |
| July | 83° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 63° | 55° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Woodhaven
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 8 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 Woodhaven
Schools across Woodhaven average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wegienka Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Yake Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Frank E Weiss Elem SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brownstown Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Shumate Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Robert J West Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodhaven High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Oscar A Carlson High SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodhaven school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodhaven 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 Woodhaven against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodhaven
Is Woodhaven a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodhaven ranks 14,665th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, biking, and few empty homes, 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 Woodhaven expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $242,635. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $98,754 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Woodhaven safe?
Yes, Woodhaven is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $259 per resident a year.
Compare Woodhaven with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodhaven. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodhaven 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.
Woodhaven detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodhaven: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodhaven: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodhaven: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodhaven: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodhaven 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.