Best PlacesElko New Market, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Elko New Market, 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.
Elko New Market ranks 217th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Elko New Market
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.
Elko New Market's strengths and weaknesses
Where Elko New Market ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
Where Elko New Market ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Elko New Market
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Elko New Market home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $142,658, 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 Elko New Market's effective rate of 1.02%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Elko New Market
Elko New Market 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 Elko New Market.
Who works in Elko New Market, and how
Work in Elko New Market centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Elko New Market
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Elko New Market.
What the weather is like in Elko New Market, month by month
Elko New Market sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 17° | 10° |
| April | 55° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Elko New Market
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 23 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 Elko New Market
Schools across Elko New Market average an A−, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kennedy ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- Eagle ViewB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Prague Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
- Mcguire MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- New Prague Senior HighA− · 66% proficient
- Lakeville South HighA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Elko New Market school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Elko New Market 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 Elko New Market against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Elko New Market
Is Elko New Market a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Elko New Market ranks 217th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, low crime, and heat safety, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Elko New Market expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $436,608. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $142,658 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Elko New Market safe?
Yes, Elko New Market is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $131 per resident a year.
Compare Elko New Market with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Elko New Market. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Elko New Market 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.
Elko New Market detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Elko New Market: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Elko New Market: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Elko New Market: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Elko New Market: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Elko New Market 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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