Best PlacesEden Prairie, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eden Prairie, 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.
Eden Prairie ranks 68th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Eden Prairie
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.
Eden Prairie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eden Prairie ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of cities
Where Eden Prairie ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 8% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 21% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 28% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 32% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Eden Prairie
A household needs to earn about $131,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eden Prairie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $142,000, 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 Eden Prairie's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eden Prairie
Eden Prairie's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eden Prairie.
Who works in Eden Prairie, and how
Work in Eden Prairie centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Eden Prairie
Eden Prairie has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities and more parkland per resident than 98% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Eden Prairie and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eden Prairie, month by month
Eden Prairie sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 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° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Eden Prairie
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 12 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 Eden Prairie
Schools across Eden Prairie average an A, better than 88% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Scenic Heights ElementaryA+ · 80% proficient
- Prairie View ElementaryA+ · 72% proficient
- Xinxing AcademyA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Minnetonka East MiddleA · 66% proficient
- Hopkins West Junior HighA · 60% proficient
- Central Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Minnetonka Senior HighA · 69% proficient
- Eden Prairie Senior HighA− · 65% proficient
- Jefferson Senior HighB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eden Prairie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eden Prairie 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 Eden Prairie against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Eden Prairie suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of cities and 31% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 72% of cities and health care access beats 83%.
Common questions about living in Eden Prairie
Is Eden Prairie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eden Prairie ranks 68th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, what local pay buys, and population health, and lowest on childcare costs and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eden Prairie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $480,356. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $142,000 median income, cost of living beats 98% of cities.
Is Eden Prairie safe?
Eden Prairie is safer than 53% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $319 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Eden Prairie?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 26 with lows near 11. That works out to about 127 pleasant days a year, more than 72% of cities.
Is Eden Prairie good for families?
Schools beat 88% of cities, crime safety beats 53%, and childcare runs $1,682 a month.
Compare Eden Prairie with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eden Prairie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eden Prairie 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.
Eden Prairie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eden Prairie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eden Prairie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eden Prairie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eden Prairie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eden Prairie 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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