Is Keego Harbor a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Keego Harbor grades B+ overall, 265th among Michigan's 697 graded towns. 6% of its land is conserved. Residents are healthier than 79% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and its public schools beat 76% of Michigan towns on state tests and graduation. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $224K, 2.9 years of the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income. Keego Harbor’s trail density is 2.3 miles per square mile, above both Michigan’s towns (0.3) and U.S. towns (0.4). Keego Harbor's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 81% of U.S. towns.
What makes Keego Harbor stand out
Where Keego Harbor beats most towns.
1 miles of trails in Keego Harbor
5.9% of the town is conserved land, across 4 parks and preserves.
How Keego Harbor grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Keego Harbor is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Keego Harbor: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Keego Harbor, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Keego Harbor.
Keego Harbor is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sees little violent crime.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Baxter-Morgan Park | 0.1 mi | 3 |
| 2. Fran Leaf Park | 0.1 mi | 2 |
| 3. Hester Court Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keego Harbor’s grade for health is an A−
Against the 9,917 U.S. towns with household incomes like Keego Harbor’s, it is healthier than 96%, so its A− isn’t only a matter of income.
20% of Keego Harbor adults get no exercise outside work, against 25% in Michigan’s towns and 25% across U.S. towns. 12% of Keego Harbor adults report frequent physical distress. Keego Harbor beats the Michigan average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Keego Harbor | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.6% | 12% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Keego Harbor | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.8% | 10.2% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.8% | 3.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Keego Harbor’s workers commute out: the town has 0.7 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Keego Harbor for work: only 4% work in town. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in Keego Harbor. Since 2011, Keego Harbor has lost 45 jobs, to 791 in 2021.
| Keego Harbor | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 5.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Less crime per resident in Keego Harbor than in 72% of U.S. towns
Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025, 1.1 per 1,000 residents.
Keego Harbor’s property crime rate is 4.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Keego Harbor | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.7 per 1,000 residents | 8 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Keego Harbor
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 2000, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Keego Harbor.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Keego Harbor
Keego Harbor has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Keego Harbor’s grade for cost of living is a C−
The typical Keego Harbor home is worth about $224,000, down 1.3% in a year, 15% below the Michigan typical home.
| Keego Harbor | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,194 a month | $1,045 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Michigan Stadium and 56 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Keego Harbor. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaMichigan Stadium
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaFord Field
24 mi Stadium & arenaComerica Park
22 mi MuseumThe Henry Ford1.8M visitors a year
24 mi TheatreFox Theatre
36 mi LakeLake Saint ClairPhoto credits
Michigan Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ford Field: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Comerica Park: City of Detroit, Public domain · The Henry Ford: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fox Theatre: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Saint Clair: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo
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Everything we know about Keego Harbor
Colleges nearby
11 within 15 miles of the center of Keego Harbor
About 4 of every 100 Keego Harbor residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
96% of working residents leave Keego Harbor for work
Where Keego Harbor’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
About Keego Harbor
City in Michigan, United States
Keego Harbor is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Keego Harbor is located roughly 27 miles (43.5 km) from downtown Detroit, and about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Pontiac. As of the 2020 census, Keego Harbor had a population of 2,764. With a land area of 0.50 square miles (1.29 km2), Keego Harbor is the third-smallest city by land area in the state of Michigan, after Petersburg and Clarkston.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1900
- Area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 932 ft
- ZIP code
- 48320
- Area code
- 248
Keego Harbor’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Keego Harbor.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keego Harbor | #265 | B+ | C− | B+ | A− | A− |
| West Bloomfield Township | #135 | A− | D | A− | A | A |
| Orchard Lake Village | — | — | C− | — | A− | A |
Orchard Lake Village has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Orchard Lake Village reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Keego Harbor with a neighbor →
Questions about Keego Harbor
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Keego Harbor, MI a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Keego Harbor grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #265 of 697 in Michigan. It grades A− for health, B+ for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Keego Harbor, MI expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.