Best PlacesEveleth, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eveleth, 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.
Eveleth ranks 21,607th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Eveleth
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.
Eveleth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eveleth ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
Where Eveleth ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eveleth
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eveleth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,939, 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 Eveleth's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Eveleth
Eveleth runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eveleth.
Who works in Eveleth, and how
Work in Eveleth centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Eveleth
Eveleth has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Eveleth and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eveleth, month by month
Eveleth sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 20, with lows near 2. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20° | 11° | 2° |
| April | 49° | 37° | 27° |
| July | 79° | 66° | 54° |
| October | 53° | 43° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Eveleth
The nearest airport, Range Regional, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 180 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eveleth
Schools across Eveleth average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cherry ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- North Star ElementaryB− · 44% proficient
- Merritt ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Eveleth-gilbert SecondaryB− · 40% proficient
- Mountain Iron-buhl SecondaryC+ · 40% proficient
- Virginia SecondaryC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eveleth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eveleth 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 Eveleth against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eveleth
Is Eveleth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eveleth ranks 21,607th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, walkability, and state infrastructure, and lowest on distance from a big city and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eveleth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,689. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $61,939 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Eveleth safe?
Eveleth is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $492 per resident a year.
Compare Eveleth with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eveleth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eveleth 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.
Eveleth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eveleth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eveleth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eveleth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eveleth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eveleth 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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