Best PlacesBaudette, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Baudette, 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.
Baudette ranks 14,376th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Baudette
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.
Baudette's strengths and weaknesses
Where Baudette ranks high
- Short commute14.1 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 148 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
Where Baudette ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,118 a month, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Baudette
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Baudette home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,914, 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 Baudette's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Baudette
Baudette 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 Baudette.
Who works in Baudette, and how
Work in Baudette centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Baudette
Baudette has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Baudette and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Baudette, month by month
Baudette sees roughly 148 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 18, with lows near 2. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18° | 10° | 2° |
| April | 50° | 39° | 29° |
| July | 81° | 69° | 57° |
| October | 54° | 44° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Baudette
The nearest airport, Falls International/Einarson Field, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 273 miles away.
The best schools in and around Baudette
Schools across Baudette average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Warroad ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- Northome ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Lake Of The Woods ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Warroad High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Lake Of The Woods SecondaryC− · 27% proficient
- Northome SecondaryD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Baudette school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Baudette 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 Baudette against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Baudette
Is Baudette a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Baudette ranks 14,376th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and state infrastructure, and lowest on distance from a big city and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Baudette expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $219,795. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $74,914 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Baudette safe?
Baudette is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $309 per resident a year.
Compare Baudette with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Baudette. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Baudette 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.
Baudette detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Baudette: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Baudette: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Baudette: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Baudette: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Baudette 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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