Best PlacesCoates, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coates, 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.
Coates ranks 2,086th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Coates
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.
Coates' strengths and weaknesses
Where Coates ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$129,408 median, better than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
Where Coates ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coates
A household needs to earn about $120,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coates home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $129,408, 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 Coates' effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Coates
Coates'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 Coates.
Who works in Coates, and how
Work in Coates centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Coates
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coates.
What the weather is like in Coates, month by month
Coates sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 19° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Coates
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 15 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 17.5 million passengers in 2025, with 195 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Coates
Schools across Coates average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Red Pine ElementaryA · 64% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rosemount MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- School Of Environmental StudiesB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coates school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coates 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 Coates against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coates
Is Coates a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coates ranks 2,086th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coates expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $459,111. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $129,408 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Coates safe?
Yes, Coates is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $171 per resident a year.
Compare Coates with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coates. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coates 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.
Coates detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coates: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coates: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coates: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coates: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coates 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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