40 best places to live in Michigan for 2024

Do you live in one of Michigan’s best places?

Niche released their annual rankings of the best places to live in the U.S., and for every state and metro area, including for Michigan.

The list is curated using data points based on crime, public schools, cost of living, job opportunities, and local amenities, according to Niche.

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The list includes Michigan cities and townships, and even some neighborhoods, ranked as overall places to live.

Here’s how Michigan places ranked on the 2024 list:

1. Okemos
2. Troy
3. Novi
4. Birmingham
5. Beverly Hills
6. Farmington
7. Huntington Woods
8. Rochester
9. Bloomfield Township
10. Berkley
11. Northville
12. Northville Township
13. Grosse Pointe Farms
14. Ann Arbor
15. East Grand Rapids
16. Eastgate (Grand Rapids neighborhood)
17. Royal Oak
18. Grosse Pointe Park
19. Franklin
20. Eastown (Grand Rapids neighborhood)
21. Forest Hills (Kent County)
22. Rochester Hills
23. Grosse Pointe Woods
24. Larkin Township (Midland County)
25. Fulton Heights (Grand Rapids neighborhood)
26. Pittsfield Township
27. Plymouth
28. Grosse Pointe
29. Farmington Hills
30. Grosse Pointe Shores
31. Haslett
32. Orchard Lake
33. Bloomfield Hills
34. St. Joseph
35. West Bloomfield Township
36. Oakland Township
37. Ottawa Hills (Grand Rapids neighborhood)
38. Plymouth Township
39. Canton Township
40. Pleasant Ridge

You can check the full list here.

Here’s how the rankings looked for just Metro Detroit in 2023.

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