These Are The 10 Best Neighborhoods In Detroit

Do you like your neighborhood? Is it friendly, and where everyone knows their neighbors? No matter if you live in the sticks or in an apartment building in downtown Detroit, you have a little pocket that you can call home. And each neighborhood is different.

Smaller neighborhoods usually have obvious benefits — less crime, a slower pace of life, and a lower cost of living. But not all Detroit neighborhoods are created equal. Some are better than others. But which ones?

Instead of relying on public opinion and speculation, we wanted to get the facts straight and find out which neighborhoods in Detroit are the best. If you’re in one of the places we’re about to highlight, odds are you know you’ve got it made.

Here are the best neighborhoods in Detroit:

1. North Rosedale Park
2. Rosedale Park
3. Indian Village
4. Grandmont
5. University District
6. Sherwood Forest
7. Bagley
8. Berg-Lasher
9. Detroit Golf
10. Art Center

Read on to see how we determined the places around Detroit that deserve a little bragging rights. Would you rahter live outside of the city? Check out the best suburbs around Detroit.

How do you determine the best neighborhoods in Detroit?

In order to rank the best neighborhoods in Detroit, we had to determine what criteria defines a “best”.

Using crime, census, and extrapolated BLS data, we arrived at the following set of criteria:

• High incomes
• Low unemployment rates
• Low crime
• High home prices
• High population densities (A proxy for things to do)

We limited the analysis to neighborhoods with over 1,000 people.

We then ranked each neighborhood with scores from 1 to 67 in each category, where 1 was the best.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each neighborhood to create a best neighborhood index.

And finally, we crowned the neighborhood with the lowest best neighborhood index the “Best City Neighborhood In Detroit.” We’re lookin’ at you, North Rosedale Park.

Read on below to learn more about what it’s like to live in the best places Detroit has to offer. Or skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city from best to worst.

1. North Rosedale Park

Population: 4,823
Median Home Price: $103,975
Crimes Per 100K People: 4,018
Unemployment Rate: 8.8%

2. Rosedale Park

Population: 3,228
Median Home Price: $103,175
Crimes Per 100K People: 4,150
Unemployment Rate: 9.3%

3. Indian Village

Population: 1,333
Median Home Price: $210,250
Crimes Per 100K People: 2,722
Unemployment Rate: 6.7%

4. Grandmont

Population: 2,622
Median Home Price: $69,267
Crimes Per 100K People: 6,322
Unemployment Rate: 7.1%

5. University District

Population: 2,109
Median Home Price: $173,475
Crimes Per 100K People: 2,722
Unemployment Rate: 7.6%

6. Sherwood Forest

Population: 1,129
Median Home Price: $196,900
Crimes Per 100K People: 2,722
Unemployment Rate: 11.6%

7. Bagley

Population: 12,488
Median Home Price: $87,607
Crimes Per 100K People: 6,338
Unemployment Rate: 13.9%

8. Berg-Lasher

Population: 4,053
Median Home Price: $85,760
Crimes Per 100K People: 6,465
Unemployment Rate: 7.2%

9. Detroit Golf

Population: 1,223
Median Home Price: $205,920
Crimes Per 100K People: 2,722
Unemployment Rate: 8.6%

10. Art Center

Population: 1,586
Median Home Price: $178,300
Crimes Per 100K People: 4,226
Unemployment Rate: 10.1%

Putting A Bow On Our Analysis Of Detroit

If you’re measuring the neighborhoods in Detroit where crime is low and everyone wants to live, this is an accurate list.

If you’re curious, here are the worst places in Detroit:

1. Chaldean Town
2. Nw Goldberg
3. Core City

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Detailed List Of The Best Neighborhoods In Detroit