Wixom, MI: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Wixom in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Wixom's sky is brighter than 62.6% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Wixom

4 miles from Wixom, straight-line, sits Novi, MI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Wixom's own suburban band.

Novi, MI is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Wixom compares nationally

Wixom, MI counts roughly 17,486 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Wixom places 1,997 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.