Best PlacesEast Phillips, Minneapolis, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Phillips, Minneapolis, 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.
East Phillips, Minneapolis ranks 4,803rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Phillips, Minneapolis
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.
East Phillips, Minneapolis' strengths and weaknesses
Where East Phillips, Minneapolis ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
Where East Phillips, Minneapolis ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Household income$42,766 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in East Phillips, Minneapolis
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Phillips, Minneapolis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $42,766, 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 East Phillips, Minneapolis' effective rate of 1.11%, 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 East Phillips, Minneapolis
East Phillips, Minneapolis runs younger than the country, 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 East Phillips, Minneapolis.
Who works in East Phillips, Minneapolis, and how
Work in East Phillips, Minneapolis centers on health care & social and admin & support services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 28%
Life in East Phillips, Minneapolis
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Phillips, Minneapolis.
What the weather is like in East Phillips, Minneapolis, month by month
East Phillips, Minneapolis sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 27, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 18° | 10° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of East Phillips, Minneapolis
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 5 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 East Phillips, Minneapolis
Schools across East Phillips, Minneapolis average a D+, better than 23% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Sullivan ElementaryD · 17% proficient
- Cityview ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Fair HighB− · 43% proficient
- Center SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Phillips, Minneapolis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Phillips, Minneapolis 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 East Phillips, Minneapolis against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in East Phillips, Minneapolis
Is East Phillips, Minneapolis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Phillips, Minneapolis ranks 4,803rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, transit, and walkability, and lowest on thin health care access and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Phillips, Minneapolis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $301,646. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $42,766 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is East Phillips, Minneapolis safe?
East Phillips, Minneapolis is safer than 11% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $868 per resident a year.
Compare East Phillips, Minneapolis with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Phillips, Minneapolis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Phillips, Minneapolis 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.
East Phillips, Minneapolis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Phillips, Minneapolis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Phillips, Minneapolis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Phillips, Minneapolis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Phillips, Minneapolis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Phillips, Minneapolis 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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