Best PlacesBeaver Creek, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beaver Creek, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Beaver Creek ranks 9,662nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Beaver Creek
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.
Beaver Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beaver Creek ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 128 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
Where Beaver Creek ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beaver Creek
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beaver Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,224, 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 Beaver Creek's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Beaver Creek
Beaver Creek's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Beaver Creek.
Who works in Beaver Creek, and how
Work in Beaver Creek centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Beaver Creek
Beaver Creek has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Beaver Creek and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Beaver Creek, month by month
Beaver Creek sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 18° | 10° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 60° | 47° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Beaver Creek
The nearest airport, Joe Foss Field, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 162 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beaver Creek
Schools across Beaver Creek average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hills-beaver Creek ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- Luverne ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Pipestone ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Luverne MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Pipestone MiddleC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Hills-beaver Creek SecondaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Luverne Senior HighB+ · 52% proficient
- Pipestone Senior HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beaver Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beaver Creek 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 Beaver Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beaver Creek
Is Beaver Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beaver Creek ranks 9,662nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, state infrastructure, and clean air, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beaver Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $264,004. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $93,224 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Beaver Creek safe?
Yes, Beaver Creek is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $208 per resident a year.
Compare Beaver Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beaver Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beaver Creek 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.
Beaver Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beaver Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beaver Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beaver Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beaver Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beaver Creek 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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