2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Kalamazoo, MI vs Grand Forks, ND

#14 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#83 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#89 Best Green Cities

#237 2005 Best Places to Live

#5 Best Cities After Military Service

#9 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Small Towns)

#20 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Small Towns)

#54 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

#108 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#139 Best Green Cities

#259 2005 Best Places to Live

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with the positives, it has low crime rate and stores are all close by. Negatives  More

I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the people are friendly. However if you are black be prepared to give an  More

If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bullying and verbal abuse. The HR department openly supports and assists  More