Best PlacesHarmony, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harmony, 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.
Harmony ranks 17,348th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Harmony
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.
Harmony's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harmony ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 150 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
Where Harmony ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 29% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 38% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 42% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harmony
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harmony home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,991, 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 Harmony's effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Harmony
Harmony 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 Harmony.
Who works in Harmony, and how
Work in Harmony centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Harmony
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Harmony.
What the weather is like in Harmony, month by month
Harmony sees roughly 150 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 17° | 11° |
| April | 55° | 44° | 36° |
| July | 81° | 71° | 62° |
| October | 58° | 48° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Harmony
The nearest airport, Rochester International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harmony
Schools across Harmony average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mabel-canton ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Fillmore Central ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Mabel-canton SecondaryA− · 62% proficient
- Fillmore Central Senior HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harmony school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harmony 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 Harmony against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harmony
Is Harmony a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harmony ranks 17,348th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, the weather, and walkability, and lowest on tree cover and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harmony expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $196,831. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $69,991 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Harmony safe?
Harmony is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $301 per resident a year.
Compare Harmony with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harmony. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harmony 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.
Harmony detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harmony: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harmony: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harmony: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harmony: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harmony 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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