Best PlacesEdina, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Edina, 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.
Edina ranks 40,774th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Edina
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.
Edina's strengths and weaknesses
Where Edina ranks high
- Cheap childcare$384 a month, better than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Short commute17.8 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 75% of towns
- BikingBetter than 75% of towns
Where Edina ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Edina
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Edina home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,704, 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 Edina's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Edina
Edina runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Edina.
Who works in Edina, and how
Work in Edina centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Edina
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Edina.
What the weather is like in Edina, month by month
Edina sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Edina
The nearest airport, Kirksville Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 137 miles away.
The best schools in and around Edina
Schools across Edina average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Knox Co. Elem.C+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Adair Co. HighB− · 44% proficient
- Knox Co. HighC+ · 40% proficient
- La Plata HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Edina school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Edina 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 Edina against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Edina
Is Edina a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Edina ranks 40,774th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and short commutes, and lowest on crime and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Edina expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $110,651. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $54,704 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Edina safe?
Edina is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $744 per resident a year.
Compare Edina with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Edina. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Edina 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.
Edina detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Edina: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Edina: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Edina: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Edina: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Edina 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.