Best PlacesAngus, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Angus, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Angus ranks 22,863rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Angus
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.
Angus' strengths and weaknesses
Where Angus ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 142 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 79% of towns
Where Angus ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Angus
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Angus home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,420, 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 Angus' effective rate of 0.97%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Angus
Angus runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Angus.
Who works in Angus, and how
Work in Angus centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Angus
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Angus.
What the weather is like in Angus, month by month
Angus sees roughly 142 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 18, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18° | 10° | 3° |
| April | 50° | 39° | 31° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Angus
The nearest airport, Thief River Falls Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 253 miles away.
The best schools in and around Angus
Schools across Angus average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Win-e-mac ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Fertile-beltrami ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- J.a. Hughes ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Fertile-beltrami SecondaryB · 47% proficient
- Win-e-mac SecondaryB− · 43% proficient
- Lafayette SecondaryB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Angus school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Angus 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 Angus against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Angus
Is Angus a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Angus ranks 22,863rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, state infrastructure, and the weather, and lowest on biking and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Angus expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $166,263. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $71,420 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Angus safe?
Angus is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $349 per resident a year.
Compare Angus with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Angus. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Angus 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.
Angus detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Angus: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Angus: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Angus: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Angus: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Angus 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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