25 Best MI Places To Live, 1 Community Makes Nation's Top 100: Niche

MICHIGAN — Is your community one of Michigan's best places to live?

Niche released their annual Best Places to Live rankings for 2023, and placed one Michigan city among the top 100 best places to live in America. The list also placed more than a dozen metro Detroit cities among the state's best places to live.

The list, the ninth consecutive, ranked 228 cities and 17,932 towns and neighborhoods. To compile it, Niche used federal data from the Census Bureau, FBI, Labor Bureau and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as reviews from residents.

Among others, factors considered are affordability, the local housing market, neighborhood diversity, the quality of public schools and walkability.

In Michigan, Okemos, a Lansing area suburb, was ranked the best place to live in Michigan, earning No. 29 in the national list. It was the only Michigan city on the list.

However, here are the 25 best places to live in Michigan for 2023, according to Niche:

1. Okemos
2. Troy
3. Eastgate
4. Huntington Woods
5. Beverly Hills
6. Birmingham
7. Bloomfield Charter Township
8. Grosse Pointe Park
9. Eastown
10. Farmington
11. Ann Arbor
12. Novi
13. Royal Oak
14. Berkley
15. Fulton Heights
16. Grosse Pointe Farms
17. Northville Township
18. East Grand Rapids
19. Northville
20. Forest Hills
21. Rochester
22. Grosse Pointe
23. Haslett
24. Rochester Hills
25. Pittsfield Charter Township

The overall Best Place to Live in America is Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania, which has claimed the title now for four consecutive years. Rounding out the top five are Colonial Village, Virginia; Ardmore, Pennsylvania; Hyde Park-Spanishtown Creek, Florida; and Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the Best City to Live in America for the first time ever, Niche said. Rounding out the top five are Arlington, Virginia; The Woodlands, Texas; Naperville, Illinois; and Columbia, Maryland.

The Best Places to Live rankings are a tool to help people find a place to live based on the qualities that matter most to them, Niche said in a news release.

People who want to dig deeper into a specific area can compare cities, suburbs and neighborhoods with specific states, metro areas and counties. Among others, Niche has specialized lists for the best places for families, young professionals, homebuyers ad retirees.

With unique ratings, honest reviews, personalized recommendations, and tools to guide you through every step, Niche is changing the way millions of people find their school and hometown.