These Are The 10 Best Suburbs In Michigan For 2018

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Are you sick of being a city slicker?

Do you long for life in suburban Michigan? Where you can drive your overly-large vehicle to the store for groceries, and schlep the kids around to practices and appointments without worrying about a parking space?

We do too.

Public transportation is…icky at times. When you have to call an Uber to get to urgent care on a Friday night, that gets old after a while.

So, the question is, if you wanted to move out to the suburbs of Lansing, where would you go? And how would you decide on the ranking factors to help you pick which Michigan suburb was best?

No worries. We got it all figured out here.

These are the 10 best suburbs in the Wolverine State:

Huntington Woods is the place to be when it comes to being a soccer mom in suburban Michigan.

So if you’re thinking of packing up your mini van and making a move to a quiet place to live in Michigan, we’ve got you covered.

Keep on reading for a detailed methodology. Or, check out the best places to live in Michigan and the best places to raise a family in Michigan.

How do you determine which suburb is the best in Michigan anyways?

To give you the best suburbs in Michigan, we have to look at a handful of metrics. Of course, we want to measure the type of people who live in each city, and make some assumptions about what’s a “best city” and what isn’t.

So we researched the internet for a database that contains all that information.

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How we crunched the suburb numbers for the Wolverine State

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using U.S. Census data produced for the state of Michigan, we looked at every town between 5,000 and 200,000 residents, and within 30 miles of a city that’s over 200,000 people (In other words, suburbs).

We paid particular attention to:

Median Home Values
Median Income
Population Density (Higher is Better)
Unemployment Rates
Commute Time
Education Levels
Health Insurance Coverage
Poverty Rates

We ranked each suburb in Michigan across a number of criteria from one to 65, with one being the best.

We then took the average rank across all criteria, with the town posting the lowest overall score being crowned the winner of the title “Best Suburb To Live In Michigan”.

The result is some of the safest, quiet, and awesome places to live in Michigan

Read on to see why Huntington Woods is the ‘burb with the most, while Highland Park is probably not the best place to live in Michigan.

1. Huntington Woods

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Population: 6,330
Median Income: $121,528
Median Home Price: $298,800
Huntington Woods is located 7 miles north of Detroit.

2. Birmingham

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Population: 20,653
Median Income: $112,545
Median Home Price: $439,000
Birmingham is located 12 miles north of Detroit.

3. Beverly Hills

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Population: 10,450
Median Income: $108,214
Median Home Price: $320,200
Beverly Hills is located 11 miles north of Detroit.

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4. Berkley

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Population: 15,239
Median Income: $74,172
Median Home Price: $159,400
Berkley is located 9 miles north of Detroit.

5. Plymouth

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Population: 8,956
Median Income: $78,254
Median Home Price: $240,200
Plymouth is located 18 miles west of Detroit.

6. Grosse Pointe Woods

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Population: 15,785
Median Income: $93,404
Median Home Price: $197,600
Grosse Pointe Woods is located 11 miles east of Detroit.

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7. Grosse Pointe

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Population: 5,256
Median Income: $92,500
Median Home Price: $288,800
Grosse Pointe is located 10 miles east of Detroit.

8. Grosse Pointe Farms

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Population: 9,265
Median Income: $119,500
Median Home Price: $287,100
Grosse Pointe Farms is located 10 miles east of Detroit.

9. Grosse Pointe Park

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Population: 11,276
Median Income: $101,484
Median Home Price: $313,300
Grosse Pointe Park is located 9 miles east of Detroit.

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10. Northville

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Population: 5,986
Median Income: $99,052
Median Home Price: $298,900
Northville is located 20 miles west of Detroit.

There You Have It – The Best Suburbs In Michigan

Here’s a look at the worst suburbs in Michigan according to the data:

Highland Park
River Rouge
Hamtramck

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Detailed List Of The Best Suburbs In Michigan

City	Rank	Population	Median Income	Median Home Price
Huntington Woods	1	6,330	$121,528	$298,800
Birmingham	2	20,653	$112,545	$439,000
Beverly Hills	3	10,450	$108,214	$320,200
Berkley	4	15,239	$74,172	$159,400
Plymouth	5	8,956	$78,254	$240,200
Grosse Pointe Woods	6	15,785	$93,404	$197,600
Grosse Pointe	7	5,256	$92,500	$288,800
Grosse Pointe Farms	8	9,265	$119,500	$287,100
Grosse Pointe Park	9	11,276	$101,484	$313,300
Northville	10	5,986	$99,052	$298,900
Royal Oak	11	58,823	$68,504	$175,200
Farmington	12	10,526	$64,388	$165,800
Rochester	13	12,969	$76,616	$308,700
Clawson	14	12,008	$59,259	$139,100
Rochester Hills	15	72,987	$83,507	$247,500
Novi	16	58,233	$86,193	$266,000
Allen Park	17	27,519	$65,848	$99,800
Farmington Hills	18	81,154	$71,463	$216,200
South Lyon	19	11,672	$62,523	$161,100
Livonia	20	94,849	$71,063	$162,000
Milford	21	6,434	$71,250	$189,800
Troy	22	82,982	$88,954	$247,200
New Baltimore	23	12,266	$74,431	$191,000
Trenton	24	18,426	$56,888	$123,400
Woodhaven	25	12,590	$58,500	$135,000
Milan	26	5,917	$65,326	$137,900
Walled Lake	27	7,102	$48,324	$122,700
St. Clair Shores	28	59,916	$54,590	$102,400
Sterling Heights	29	131,674	$60,492	$154,000
Wixom	30	13,733	$47,856	$205,900
Tecumseh	31	8,370	$51,652	$112,600
Ferndale	32	20,167	$55,159	$111,000
Riverview	33	12,208	$53,502	$123,200
Wyandotte	34	25,225	$52,020	$86,200
Flat Rock	35	9,836	$57,500	$115,100
Fraser	36	14,620	$52,865	$121,000
Southgate	37	29,355	$51,138	$87,900
Monroe	38	20,243	$45,055	$105,700
Oak Park	39	29,751	$49,811	$82,500
Auburn Hills	40	22,342	$53,686	$121,000
Southfield	41	73,055	$50,371	$113,100
Madison Heights	42	30,168	$43,158	$84,000
Dearborn Heights	43	56,329	$45,929	$84,900
Westland	44	82,218	$44,808	$96,700
Dearborn	45	95,520	$48,421	$112,200
Hazel Park	46	16,587	$33,379	$51,200
Ypsilanti	47	20,577	$33,055	$130,000
Adrian	48	20,800	$33,921	$69,300
Center Line	49	8,313	$35,955	$59,800
Eastpointe	50	32,648	$44,240	$59,700
Warren	51	135,069	$44,017	$93,400
Melvindale	52	10,437	$36,870	$57,600
Lincoln Park	53	37,155	$41,406	$60,500
Taylor	54	61,716	$41,897	$75,600
Roseville	55	47,606	$42,036	$66,100
Wayne	56	17,143	$40,973	$65,900
Mount Clemens	57	16,390	$37,266	$81,600
Harper Woods	58	13,895	$49,306	$66,200
Romulus	59	23,457	$44,727	$72,800
Pontiac	60	59,920	$30,152	$53,700
Ecorse	61	9,270	$26,496	$39,600
Inkster	62	24,738	$31,285	$45,000
Hamtramck	63	21,985	$23,609	$47,300
River Rouge	64	7,609	$27,463	$35,600
Highland Park	65	10,978	$17,455	$32,600