Best PlacesDellwood, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dellwood, 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.
Dellwood ranks 35th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dellwood
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.
Dellwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dellwood ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$207,836 median, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
Where Dellwood ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 35% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 38% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dellwood
A household needs to earn about $207,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dellwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $207,836, 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 Dellwood's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Dellwood
Dellwood's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dellwood.
Who works in Dellwood, and how
Work in Dellwood centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Dellwood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dellwood.
What the weather is like in Dellwood, month by month
Dellwood sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 19° | 12° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Dellwood
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 19 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 Dellwood
Schools across Dellwood average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Mahtomedi MiddleA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Mahtomedi Senior HighA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dellwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dellwood 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 Dellwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dellwood
Is Dellwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dellwood ranks 35th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and health care access, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dellwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $780,043. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $207,836 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Dellwood safe?
Yes, Dellwood is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $156 per resident a year.
Compare Dellwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dellwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dellwood 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.
Dellwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dellwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dellwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dellwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dellwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dellwood 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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