Best PlacesEagle Lake, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eagle Lake, 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 Lake ranks 3,634th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Eagle Lake
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 Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eagle Lake ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Short commute17.3 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
Where Eagle Lake ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 25% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eagle Lake
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eagle Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,741, 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 Lake's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 8 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 Lake
Eagle Lake runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eagle Lake.
Who works in Eagle Lake, and how
Work in Eagle Lake centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Eagle Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Eagle Lake.
What the weather is like in Eagle Lake, month by month
Eagle Lake sees roughly 120 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 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° | 45° | 37° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 60° | 49° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Eagle Lake
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 60 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 Eagle Lake
Schools across Eagle Lake average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bridges Community ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- St. Clair ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Eagle Lake ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Prairie Winds Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Mankato East Senior HighB+ · 57% proficient
- St. Clair SecondaryC− · 30% proficient
- Janesville-waldorf-pemberton SecC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eagle Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eagle Lake 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 Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eagle Lake
Is Eagle Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eagle Lake ranks 3,634th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, short commutes, and low crime, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eagle Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $295,501. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $86,741 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Eagle Lake safe?
Yes, Eagle Lake is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $168 per resident a year.
Compare Eagle Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eagle Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eagle Lake 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 Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eagle Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eagle Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eagle Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eagle Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eagle Lake 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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