Best places to live in the Kalamazoo metro area
Stacker compiled a list of the best places to live in the Kalamazoo metro area using data from the Niche. Niche uses 15 weighted factors for its rankings. A majority of the score is based on cost of living, higher education rate, housing, public schools, diversity, and crime. You can read more about Niche's methodology here.
#25. Allegan Township
- Niche grade: B-
- Public school grade: C
- Population: 4,763
#24. Bedford Charter Township
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 9,173
#23. Almena Township
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 5,329
#22. Charleston Township
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 1,941
#21. Otsego Township
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 5,946
#20. Vicksburg
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 3,824
#19. Gun Plain Township
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 6,157
#18. Three Rivers
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 7,936
#17. Plainwell
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 3,764
#16. Fabius Township
- Niche grade: B
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 3,312
#15. Pavilion Township
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 6,367
#14. Otsego
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: A-
- Population: 4,079
#13. Comstock Charter Township
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 15,187
#12. Prairie Ronde Township
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 2,179
#11. Kalamazoo
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 73,132
#10. Marshall Township
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 3,157
#9. Cooper Charter Township
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B-
- Population: 10,452
#8. Mattawan
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: A-
- Population: 2,615
#7. Schoolcraft
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B+
- Population: 1,268
#6. Oshtemo Charter Township
- Niche grade: B+
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 23,743
#5. Westwood
- Niche grade: A-
- Public school grade: C+
- Population: 8,968
#4. Marshall
- Niche grade: A-
- Public school grade: B
- Population: 6,797
#3. Richland
- Niche grade: A-
- Public school grade: A-
- Population: 1,014
#2. Texas Charter Township
- Niche grade: A
- Public school grade: A-
- Population: 17,935
#1. Portage
- Niche grade: A
- Public school grade: A
- Population: 49,015