State place rankings
Best Places in Michigan
Compare places by General Quality score or population. Each place links to its sourced facts, scores, and local summary.
General Quality score
Best overall places
- st
Troy, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 88,733
- Median home value
- $420,300
- nd
- General Quality
- Population
- 77,539
- Median home value
- $409,800
- rd
Royal Oak, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 57,583
- Median home value
- $328,700
- th
Novi, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 67,319
- Median home value
- $421,900
- th
Berkley, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 15,145
- Median home value
- $316,700
- th
Ann Arbor, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 122,233
- Median home value
- $453,400
- th
Beverly Hills, MI
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 10,449
- Median home value
- $511,000
- th
Birmingham, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 21,923
- Median home value
- $698,300
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 11,663
- Median home value
- $521,300
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 6,274
- Median home value
- $473,900
- th
Rochester, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 12,824
- Median home value
- $473,200
- th
Bingham Farms, MI
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,071
- Median home value
- $580,500
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 4,390
- Median home value
- $947,900
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 83,291
- Median home value
- $354,500
- th
Franklin, MI
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 3,134
- Median home value
- $774,900
- th
Barton Hills, MI
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 323
- Median home value
- $1,410,000
- th
Ferndale, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 19,212
- Median home value
- $247,700
- th
Forest Hills, MI
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 28,695
- Median home value
- $498,500
- th
Okemos, MI
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 26,396
- Median home value
- $359,200
- th
Midland, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 42,806
- Median home value
- $203,900
- st
Farmington, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 11,409
- Median home value
- $297,200
- nd
Saline, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 9,001
- Median home value
- $341,300
- rd
Dexter, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 4,461
- Median home value
- $421,000
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 9,735
- Median home value
- $442,000
- th
Northville, MI
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 6,013
- Median home value
- $465,400
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by General Quality score. General Quality is a balanced livability composite spanning safety, affordability, healthcare, climate, education, jobs, mobility, outdoors, taxes, and other core factors.
Largest to smallest
Population-ranked places
- st
Detroit, MI
City
- Population
- 649,095
- Median home value
- $83,900
- Median rent
- $1,074
- nd
Grand Rapids, MI
City
- Population
- 201,183
- Median home value
- $244,500
- Median rent
- $1,266
- rd
Warren, MI
City
- Population
- 137,138
- Median home value
- $193,400
- Median rent
- $1,225
- th
- Population
- 133,931
- Median home value
- $274,300
- Median rent
- $1,292
- th
Ann Arbor, MI
City
- Population
- 122,233
- Median home value
- $453,400
- Median rent
- $1,649
- th
Lansing, MI
City
- Population
- 113,884
- Median home value
- $128,700
- Median rent
- $993
- th
Dearborn, MI
City
- Population
- 105,611
- Median home value
- $218,800
- Median rent
- $1,327
- th
Livonia, MI
City
- Population
- 92,603
- Median home value
- $281,100
- Median rent
- $1,322
- th
Troy, MI
City
- Population
- 88,733
- Median home value
- $420,300
- Median rent
- $1,602
- th
- Population
- 83,291
- Median home value
- $354,500
- Median rent
- $1,551
- th
Westland, MI
City
- Population
- 82,333
- Median home value
- $184,600
- Median rent
- $1,158
- th
Flint, MI
City
- Population
- 79,306
- Median home value
- $53,500
- Median rent
- $915
- th
Wyoming, MI
City
- Population
- 78,588
- Median home value
- $225,200
- Median rent
- $1,196
- th
- Population
- 77,539
- Median home value
- $409,800
- Median rent
- $1,644
- th
Southfield, MI
City
- Population
- 76,111
- Median home value
- $236,200
- Median rent
- $1,340
- th
Kalamazoo, MI
City
- Population
- 72,683
- Median home value
- $179,000
- Median rent
- $1,078
- th
Novi, MI
City
- Population
- 67,319
- Median home value
- $421,900
- Median rent
- $1,747
- th
Pontiac, MI
City
- Population
- 62,077
- Median home value
- $121,700
- Median rent
- $1,063
- th
Taylor, MI
City
- Population
- 61,279
- Median home value
- $152,600
- Median rent
- $1,101
- th
- Population
- 60,664
- Median home value
- $185,100
- Median rent
- $1,331
- st
- Population
- 57,872
- Median home value
- $210,700
- Median rent
- $1,183
- nd
Royal Oak, MI
City
- Population
- 57,583
- Median home value
- $328,700
- Median rent
- $1,381
- rd
Kentwood, MI
City
- Population
- 54,776
- Median home value
- $268,200
- Median rent
- $1,260
- th
Battle Creek, MI
City
- Population
- 52,021
- Median home value
- $141,900
- Median rent
- $957
- th
Portage, MI
City
- Population
- 49,862
- Median home value
- $262,300
- Median rent
- $1,133
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by their latest available population estimate. Incorporated places and census-designated places are both eligible when they appear in the published location data.
Annual Census population estimates are used where available; ACS place estimates fill coverage gaps.