Best PlacesBreezy Point, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Breezy Point, 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.
Breezy Point ranks 9,902nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Breezy Point
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.
Breezy Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Breezy Point ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 137 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
Where Breezy Point ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Breezy Point
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Breezy Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $87,133; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Breezy Point's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 Breezy Point
Breezy Point runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Breezy Point.
Who works in Breezy Point, and how
Work in Breezy Point centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Breezy Point
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Breezy Point.
What the weather is like in Breezy Point, month by month
Breezy Point sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 21, with lows near 4. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21° | 12° | 4° |
| April | 50° | 39° | 30° |
| July | 79° | 68° | 58° |
| October | 54° | 44° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Breezy Point
The nearest airport, Brainerd Lakes Regional, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Breezy Point
Schools across Breezy Point average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eagle View ElementaryA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pequot Lakes MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Pequot Lakes Senior HighB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Breezy Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Breezy Point 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 Breezy Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Breezy Point
Is Breezy Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Breezy Point ranks 9,902nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and state infrastructure, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Breezy Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $366,753. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $87,133 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Breezy Point safe?
Yes, Breezy Point is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
Compare Breezy Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Breezy Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Breezy Point 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.
Breezy Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Breezy Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Breezy Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Breezy Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Breezy Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Breezy Point 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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