Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Warren is a city of 137,138, and it grades C− overall, 612th of 697 graded towns in Michigan. Its public schools beat 55% of Michigan towns on state tests and graduation. The trade-offs: it reports more crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns, including 681 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 78% of the country. On civic life, just 12 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns do worse. Warren’s violent crime rate is 5 per 1,000 residents, above both Michigan’s towns (1.9) and U.S. towns (1.6). Warren is home to Macomb Community College.
Where Warren beats most towns.
General Motors Technical Center
General Motors Technical Center is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 890 in 1900, 139,387 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1876 and 2 maps from 1954 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Warren is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Warren. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaFord Field
11 mi Stadium & arenaComerica Park
11 mi TheatreFox Theatre
18 mi LakeLake Saint Clair
17 mi MuseumThe Henry Ford1.8M visitors a year
9 mi MuseumDetroit Institute of ArtsFord Field: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Comerica Park: City of Detroit, Public domain · Fox Theatre: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Saint Clair: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · The Henry Ford: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Detroit Institute of Arts: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Warren, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Warren.
Warren draws workers from Detroit and beyond, has homes that are cheap against local pay and has seen reported crime fall by a fifth or more.
94,565 jobs are based in Warren, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 54,301 in 2011 to 94,565.
Most working residents leave Warren for work: only 15% work in town. Jobs based in Warren grew to 94,565 in 2021, 40,264 more than in 2011. The median household income in Warren is $64,000.
| Warren | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 13% | 10% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of WarrenLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 817 | D− |
| Warren Mott High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,335 | C |
| Middle School Mathematics Science Technology CenterTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 61 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 3,277 to 2,541 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Warren reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 81% report less. Warren’s property crime rate is 13.5 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
14 miles of trail in 27 parks and preserves. Halmich Park, at 70 acres with 1.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Warren | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Warren Community Park | 1.2 mi | 33 |
| 2. MCC South Courtyard | 1.2 mi | 10 |
| 3. Halmich Park | 1.1 mi | 70 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
40% of Warren adults sleep under 7 hours. Warren beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 36% of Warren adults feel lonely.
| Warren | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 34% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Warren | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 8.1% | 8.9% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 21.1% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 2.6 years of the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income, the typical home (about $197K) costs less against local pay than in 83% of Michigan towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living.
The typical Warren home is worth about $197,000, about the same as a year ago, 25% below the Michigan typical home. 56% of renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent in Warren.
| Warren | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 56% | 45% | 48% |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,225 a month | $1,045 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 23 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Warren.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Warren has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
15 within 15 miles of the center of Warren
About 5 of every 100 Warren residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Michigan.
3 places in Warren on the National Register of Historic Places.
30 notable people were born in Warren.
City in Michigan, United States
Warren is a city in Macomb County, Michigan, United States. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Warren borders Detroit to the north, roughly 13 miles (20.9 km) north of downtown Detroit. The population was 139,387 at the 2020 census, making Warren the largest community in Macomb County, the third-largest city in Michigan, and Detroit's largest suburb. The town has a history as a sundown town. The city is home to a wide variety of businesses, including the General Motors Technical Center, the United States Army Detroit Arsenal, home of the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), and the headquarters of As…
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6 towns share a border with Warren.
Detroit next door grades lower for schools (C− to Warren’s B) and higher for cost of living (B+ to C+).
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | #612 | C− | C+ | C− | B | C− |
| Eastpointe | #687 | D− | B− | D | D | D |
| Roseville | #650 | D | B− | D | C | C− |
| Detroit | #680 | D | B+ | D− | C− | D− |
| Madison Heights | #303 | B | B− | C | B− | B+ |
| Hazel Park | #539 | C | B | C | D | B− |
| Sterling Heights | #447 | C+ | C− | B− | A− | B− |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Warren grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #612 of 697 in Michigan. It grades C− for health, C− for safety and B for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 2.6 years of the area's median household income ($76,664 across the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area).
30 notable people were born here, including Doug Weight and Brian Maisonneuve.
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