Best PlacesGreater Eastside, St. Paul, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greater Eastside, St. Paul, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Greater Eastside, St. Paul ranks 2,858th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Greater Eastside, St. Paul
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.
Greater Eastside, St. Paul's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greater Eastside, St. Paul ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
Where Greater Eastside, St. Paul ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 23% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 31% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Greater Eastside, St. Paul
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greater Eastside, St. Paul home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,241, 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 Greater Eastside, St. Paul's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Greater Eastside, St. Paul
Greater Eastside, St. Paul 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 Greater Eastside, St. Paul.
Who works in Greater Eastside, St. Paul, and how
Work in Greater Eastside, St. Paul centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Greater Eastside, St. Paul
Greater Eastside, St. Paul has more parkland per resident than 69% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Greater Eastside, St. Paul and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Greater Eastside, St. Paul, month by month
Greater Eastside, St. Paul sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 19° | 12° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Greater Eastside, St. Paul
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 Greater Eastside, St. Paul
Schools across Greater Eastside, St. Paul average a D−, better than 6% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- L'etoile Du Nord French ImmersionB− · 43% proficient
- Cornerstone Montessori ElementaryC · 32% proficient
- Nokomis Montessori North CampusD · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Tartan Senior HighB · 46% proficient
- Johnson Senior HighD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greater Eastside, St. Paul school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greater Eastside, St. Paul 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 Greater Eastside, St. Paul against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Greater Eastside, St. Paul suits
Retirees
The weather beats 66% of neighborhoods and it is quieter than 60%.
Common questions about living in Greater Eastside, St. Paul
Is Greater Eastside, St. Paul a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greater Eastside, St. Paul ranks 2,858th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, heat safety, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the schools and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greater Eastside, St. Paul expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $238,283. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $78,241 median income, cost of living beats 58% of neighborhoods.
Is Greater Eastside, St. Paul safe?
Greater Eastside, St. Paul is safer than 52% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $456 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Greater Eastside, St. Paul?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 26 with lows near 12. That works out to about 128 pleasant days a year, more than 66% of neighborhoods.
Is Greater Eastside, St. Paul good for families?
Schools beat 6% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 52%, and childcare runs $1,682 a month.
Compare Greater Eastside, St. Paul with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greater Eastside, St. Paul. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greater Eastside, St. Paul 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.
Greater Eastside, St. Paul detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greater Eastside, St. Paul: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greater Eastside, St. Paul: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greater Eastside, St. Paul: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greater Eastside, St. Paul: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greater Eastside, St. Paul 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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