Best PlacesFour Corners, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Four Corners, 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.
Four Corners ranks 8,652nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Four Corners
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.
Four Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Four Corners ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$98,514 median, better than 84% of towns
Where Four Corners ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 28% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Four Corners
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Four Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,514, 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 Four Corners' effective rate of 0.98%, 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 Four Corners
Four Corners runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Four Corners.
Who works in Four Corners, and how
Work in Four Corners centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Four Corners
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Four Corners.
What the weather is like in Four Corners, month by month
Four Corners sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 14° | 5° |
| April | 49° | 38° | 28° |
| July | 81° | 68° | 56° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Four Corners
The nearest airport, Duluth International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around Four Corners
Schools across Four Corners average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pike Lake ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Hermantown ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Bay View ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hermantown MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- A.i. Jedlicka Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Hermantown Senior HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Proctor Senior HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Four Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Four Corners 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 Four Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Four Corners
Is Four Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Four Corners ranks 8,652nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Four Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $364,144. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $98,514 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Four Corners safe?
Yes, Four Corners is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $231 per resident a year.
Compare Four Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Four Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Four Corners 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.
Four Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Four Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Four Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Four Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Four Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Four Corners 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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