Best PlacesAlbertville, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Albertville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Albertville ranks 934th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Albertville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Albertville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Albertville ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
Where Albertville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,077 a month, better than only 20% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Albertville
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Albertville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $128,622, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Albertville's effective rate of 1.01%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Albertville
Albertville runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Albertville.
Who works in Albertville, and how
Work in Albertville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Albertville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Albertville.
What the weather is like in Albertville, month by month
Albertville sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 16° | 9° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 58° | 48° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Albertville
The nearest airport, St. Cloud Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 33 miles away.
The best schools in and around Albertville
Schools across Albertville average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fieldstone Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Rogers ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Big Woods ElementaryA · 69% proficient
Top middle schools
- St. Michael-albertville Middle EastA · 60% proficient
- Rogers Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- St. Michael-albertville Middle WestA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- St. Michael-albertville Senior HighA · 68% proficient
- Rogers Senior HighA− · 64% proficient
- Elk River Senior HighA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Albertville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Albertville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Albertville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Albertville
Is Albertville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Albertville ranks 934th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, heat safety, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Albertville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $361,603. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $128,622 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Albertville safe?
Yes, Albertville is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
Compare Albertville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Albertville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Albertville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Albertville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Albertville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Albertville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Albertville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Albertville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Albertville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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