Best PlacesEagle Grove, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eagle Grove, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Eagle Grove ranks 12,862nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Eagle Grove
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.
Eagle Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eagle Grove ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
Where Eagle Grove ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 22% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 23% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eagle Grove
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eagle Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,447, 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 Eagle Grove's effective rate of 1.78%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eagle Grove
Eagle Grove runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eagle Grove.
Who works in Eagle Grove, and how
Work in Eagle Grove centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Eagle Grove
Eagle Grove has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Eagle Grove and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eagle Grove, month by month
Eagle Grove sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 27, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 19° | 11° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 63° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Eagle Grove
The nearest airport, Fort Dodge Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 139 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eagle Grove
Schools across Eagle Grove average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sunset Heights Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Clarion-goldfield-dows Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Eagle Grove ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clarion-goldfield-dows Middle SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Webster City Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Robert Blue SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Clarion-goldfield-dows High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Webster City High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Eagle Grove High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eagle Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eagle Grove 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 Eagle Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eagle Grove
Is Eagle Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eagle Grove ranks 12,862nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, civic engagement, and state finances, and lowest on property taxes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eagle Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $115,063. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $66,447 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Eagle Grove safe?
Eagle Grove is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $319 per resident a year.
Compare Eagle Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eagle Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eagle Grove 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.
Eagle Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eagle Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eagle Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eagle Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eagle Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eagle Grove 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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