The Town Files

The 25 Most Walkable Small Towns in Michigan With Little Snow

Ranked on The Town Files lifestyle rankings among 541 towns of 2,500–10,000 people in Michigan, scoring every town on all of these at once. #1 is Grosse Pointe, MI.

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Numbers match the ranking.
The 25 Most Walkable Small Towns in Michigan With Little Snow1. Grosse Pointescore 1002. Center Linescore 1003. Highland Parkscore 994. Pleasant Ridgescore 985. Village of Grosse Pointe S…score 986. Huntington Woodsscore 977. Keego Harborscore 968. New Havenscore 969. Chelseascore 9610. Plymouthscore 9611. Algonacscore 9512. Dexterscore 9513. Brightonscore 9414. Lathrup Villagescore 9415. Tecumsehscore 9416. Northvillescore 9417. Fowlervillescore 9418. Walled Lakescore 9319. Lapeerscore 9320. Blissfieldscore 9321. Blissfieldscore 9222. Marine Cityscore 9223. Uticascore 9224. St. Clairscore 9225. Wolverine Lakescore 92
  1. 25Wolverine Lake, Michigan

    Walkability: 91st percentile · Snow per year (in): 92nd percentile

    4,544 people · Oakland County · median home $288,000 · income $92,247 · Jan low 17°F · 36 in snow

  2. 24St. Clair, Michigan

    Walkability: 95th percentile · Snow per year (in): 88th percentile

    5,464 people · St. Clair County · median home $223,200 · income $69,688 · Jan low 20°F · 38 in snow

  3. 23Utica, Michigan

    Walkability: 87th percentile · Snow per year (in): 96th percentile

    5,245 people · Macomb County · median home $231,100 · income $58,718 · Jan low 18°F · 33 in snow

  4. 22Marine City, Michigan

    Walkability: 96th percentile · Snow per year (in): 88th percentile

    4,079 people · St. Clair County · median home $159,800 · income $67,683 · Jan low 16°F · 38 in snow

  5. 21Blissfield, Michigan

    Walkability: 86th percentile · Snow per year (in): 98th percentile

    3,277 people · Lenawee County · median home $169,900 · income $62,059 · Jan low 17°F · 32 in snow

  6. 20Blissfield, Michigan

    Walkability: 85th percentile · Snow per year (in): 100th percentile

    3,924 people · Lenawee County · median home $173,500 · income $67,200 · Jan low 17°F · 26 in snow

  7. 19Lapeer, Michigan

    Walkability: 91st percentile · Snow per year (in): 94th percentile

    9,023 people · Lapeer County · median home $178,400 · income $52,716 · Jan low 15°F · 34 in snow

  8. 18Walled Lake, Michigan

    Walkability: 94th percentile · Snow per year (in): 92nd percentile

    7,250 people · Oakland County · median home $224,200 · income $72,055 · Jan low 16°F · 36 in snow

  9. 17Fowlerville, Michigan

    Walkability: 91st percentile · Snow per year (in): 96th percentile

    2,951 people · Livingston County · median home $192,000 · income $45,773 · Jan low 14°F · 33 in snow

  10. 16Northville, Michigan

    Walkability: 96th percentile · Snow per year (in): 92nd percentile

    6,119 people · Oakland County · median home $465,400 · income $145,530 · Jan low 16°F · 36 in snow

  11. 15Tecumseh, Michigan

    Walkability: 88th percentile · Snow per year (in): 100th percentile

    8,680 people · Lenawee County · median home $216,700 · income $62,835 · Jan low 15°F · 26 in snow

  12. 14Lathrup Village, Michigan

    Walkability: 96th percentile · Snow per year (in): 92nd percentile

    4,088 people · Oakland County · median home $310,600 · income $109,893 · Jan low 16°F · 36 in snow

  13. 13Brighton, Michigan

    Walkability: 92nd percentile · Snow per year (in): 96th percentile

    7,446 people · Livingston County · median home $339,000 · income $80,682 · Jan low 15°F · 33 in snow

  14. 12Dexter, Michigan

    Walkability: 92nd percentile · Snow per year (in): 97th percentile

    4,500 people · Washtenaw County · median home $421,000 · income $106,637 · Jan low 16°F · 33 in snow

  15. 11Algonac, Michigan

    Walkability: 97th percentile · Snow per year (in): 93rd percentile

    4,196 people · St. Clair County · median home $199,500 · income $56,820 · Jan low 16°F · 35 in snow

  16. 10Plymouth, Michigan

    Walkability: 99th percentile · Snow per year (in): 92nd percentile

    9,370 people · Wayne County · median home $448,600 · income $112,145 · Jan low 16°F · 36 in snow

  17. 9Chelsea, Michigan

    Walkability: 94th percentile · Snow per year (in): 97th percentile

    5,467 people · Washtenaw County · median home $312,700 · income $72,098 · Jan low 16°F · 33 in snow

  18. 8New Haven, Michigan

    Walkability: 93rd percentile · Snow per year (in): 98th percentile

    6,097 people · Macomb County · median home $209,000 · income $66,125 · Jan low 18°F · 32 in snow

  19. 7Keego Harbor, Michigan

    Walkability: 100th percentile · Snow per year (in): 92nd percentile

    2,764 people · Oakland County · median home $255,900 · income $64,896 · Jan low 17°F · 36 in snow

  20. 6Huntington Woods, Michigan

    Walkability: 99th percentile · Snow per year (in): 95th percentile

    6,388 people · Oakland County · median home $473,900 · income $190,150 · Jan low 19°F · 34 in snow

  21. 5Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan

    Walkability: 95th percentile · Snow per year (in): 100th percentile

    2,647 people · Wayne County · median home $733,500 · income $189,583 · Jan low 17°F · 28 in snow

  22. 4Pleasant Ridge, Michigan

    Walkability: 100th percentile · Snow per year (in): 96th percentile

    2,627 people · Oakland County · median home $448,700 · income $171,125 · Jan low 20°F · 33 in snow

  23. 3Highland Park, Michigan

    Walkability: 98th percentile · Snow per year (in): 99th percentile

    8,977 people · Wayne County · median home $79,200 · income $29,309 · Jan low 20°F · 31 in snow

  24. 2Center Line, Michigan

    Walkability: 99th percentile · Snow per year (in): 100th percentile

    8,552 people · Macomb County · median home $156,600 · income $54,703 · Jan low 20°F · 28 in snow

  25. 1Grosse Pointe, Michigan

    Walkability: 100th percentile · Snow per year (in): 100th percentile

    5,678 people · Wayne County · median home $436,800 · income $158,853 · Jan low 17°F · 28 in snow

Price vs ranking

Median home value vs ranking, Michigan towns0255075100$52K$166K$281K$396K$511KMedian home valuePercentile
Orange squares are the 25 towns on this list; green dots are other towns on The Town Files in Michigan.

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Methodology. We ranked 541 towns of 2,500–10,000 people in Michigan (2020 Census population; towns with 2,500+ people have pages so far). Lifestyle measures are The Town Files lifestyle rankings, built from federal demographic, school, crime and housing data (2025), shown as percentiles. The combined score is the average of the percentiles shown for each town; a town must be above the middle on every one. Only towns better than 60% of their peers on this measure qualify, so lists can be shorter than 25. Sources: