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Here Are The 10 Best Places To Live In Metro Detroit For 2023: Niche
Niche ranked the best metro Detroit communities to live in, including factors like crime and public schools. See if yours is on the list.
METRO DETROIT — Do you live in one of metro Detroit's best communities when it comes to so many factors like schooling, family activities and the real estate market?
Niche, a neighborhood ranking site, released its 2023 list of the best metro Detroit communities to live in. Factors include public schools, housing, crime, the county’s diversity, available jobs, and commuting. Users on Niche’s website can also write their own reviews of a place they have lived.
We already looked at the 25 best places to live in Michigan and the state's ten best counties to live in for 2023, but what about metro Detroit?
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Here are the Niche rankings of the top 10 best suburbs to live in the Detroit area. You can click on the link for each county to learn more about the Niche ranking:
10. Royal Oak
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- Overall grade: A+
- Public schools: A-
- Good for families: A+
- Diversity: B
- Housing: A-
- Crime and Safety: B-
9. Novi
- Overall grade: A+
- Public schools: A+
- Good for families: A+
- Diversity: A
- Housing: A-
- Crime and Safety: B-
8. Ann Arbor
- Overall grade: A+
- Public schools: A+
- Good for families: A+
- Diversity: A-
- Housing: B-
- Crime and Safety: C+
7. Farmington
- Overall grade: A+
- Public schools: A
- Good for families: A+
- Diversity: A
- Housing: A-
- Crime and Safety: B
- Overall grade: A+
- Public schools: A+
- Good for families: A+
- Diversity: B
- Housing: A-
- Crime and Safety: B
5. Bloomfield Charter Township
- Overall grade: A+
- Public schools: A+
- Good for families: A+
- Diversity: B
- Housing: A-
- Crime and Safety: N/A
4. Birmingham
- Overall grade: A+
- Public schools: A+
- Good for families: A+
- Diversity: B-
- Housing: B+
- Crime and Safety: B
- Overall grade: A+
- Public schools: A+
- Good for families: A+
- Diversity: B
- Housing: A
- Crime and Safety: B
- Overall grade: A+
- Public schools: A
- Good for families: A+
- Diversity: C+
- Housing: A
- Crime and Safety: A-
1. Troy
- Overall grade: A+
- Public schools: A+
- Good for families: A+
- Diversity: A
- Housing: A-
- Crime and Safety: C+
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