Best PlacesDeephaven, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deephaven, 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.
Deephaven ranks 473rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Deephaven
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.
Deephaven's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deephaven ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$192,627 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
Where Deephaven ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Deephaven
A household needs to earn about $261,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deephaven home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $192,627, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Deephaven's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Deephaven
Deephaven runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Deephaven.
Who works in Deephaven, and how
Work in Deephaven centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 54%
- Work from home 39%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Deephaven
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Deephaven.
What the weather is like in Deephaven, month by month
Deephaven sees roughly 130 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 18° | 11° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Deephaven
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 Deephaven
Schools across Deephaven average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Deephaven ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- Groveland ElementaryA · 71% proficient
Top middle schools
- Minnetonka East MiddleA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Minnetonka Senior HighA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deephaven school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deephaven 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 Deephaven against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Deephaven
Is Deephaven a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deephaven ranks 473rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Deephaven expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $965,149. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $192,627 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Deephaven safe?
Deephaven is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
Compare Deephaven with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deephaven. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deephaven 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.
Deephaven detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deephaven: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deephaven: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deephaven: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deephaven: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deephaven 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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