Best PlacesDuxbury, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Duxbury, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Duxbury ranks 38,973rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Duxbury
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.
Duxbury's strengths and weaknesses
Where Duxbury ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of towns
- QuietBetter than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of towns
Where Duxbury ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute40.1 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Duxbury
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Duxbury home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,288, 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 Duxbury's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Duxbury
Duxbury runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Duxbury.
Who works in Duxbury, and how
Work in Duxbury centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Duxbury
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Duxbury.
What the weather is like in Duxbury, month by month
Duxbury sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 15° | 7° |
| April | 54° | 41° | 31° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Duxbury
The nearest airport, Duluth International, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 89 miles away.
The best schools in and around Duxbury
Schools across Duxbury average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Willow River ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- East Central ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Hinckley ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- East Central Senior SecondaryC− · 28% proficient
- Willow River SecondaryD · 22% proficient
- Hinckley-finlayson SecondaryD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Duxbury school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Duxbury 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 Duxbury against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Duxbury
Is Duxbury a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Duxbury ranks 38,973rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, state infrastructure, and clean air, and lowest on internet speeds and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Duxbury expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,122. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $74,288 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Duxbury safe?
Duxbury is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
Compare Duxbury with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Duxbury. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Duxbury 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.
Duxbury detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Duxbury: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Duxbury: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Duxbury: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Duxbury: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Duxbury 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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