Best PlacesWrights Corners, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wrights Corners, 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.
Wrights Corners ranks 15,696th 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 Wrights Corners
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.
Wrights Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Wrights Corners ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute21.5 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 80% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 80% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 78% of towns
Where Wrights Corners ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 20% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wrights Corners
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wrights Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,314, 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 Wrights Corners' effective rate of 1.11%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wrights Corners
Wrights Corners runs older than the country, 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 Wrights Corners.
Who works in Wrights Corners, and how
Work in Wrights Corners centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wrights Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wrights Corners.
What the weather is like in Wrights Corners, month by month
Wrights Corners sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Wrights Corners
The nearest airport, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Detroit Metro Wayne County, about 83 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wrights Corners
Schools across Wrights Corners average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hughes Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Lillian Fletcher Elem SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marshall Middle SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Homer Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Marshall High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Homer Community High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wrights Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wrights Corners 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 Wrights Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wrights Corners
Is Wrights Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wrights Corners ranks 15,696th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, short commutes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on car insurance costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wrights Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,847. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $85,314 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Wrights Corners safe?
Yes, Wrights Corners is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $167 per resident a year.
Compare Wrights Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wrights Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wrights Corners 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.
Wrights Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wrights Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wrights Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wrights Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wrights Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wrights Corners 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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