Best PlacesHawick, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hawick, 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.
Hawick ranks 8,334th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hawick
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.
Hawick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hawick ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 87% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Hawick ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,052 a month, better than only 22% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hawick
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hawick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $93,454; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Hawick'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 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 Hawick
Hawick runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hawick.
Who works in Hawick, and how
Work in Hawick centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hawick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hawick.
What the weather is like in Hawick, month by month
Hawick sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 6. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 14° | 6° |
| April | 53° | 42° | 33° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Hawick
The nearest airport, St. Cloud Regional, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hawick
Schools across Hawick average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prairie Woods ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- Paynesville ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- A.c.g.c. ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- New London-spicer MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Acgc Elementary Grades 5 And 6B · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- New London-spicer Sr.B+ · 57% proficient
- A.c.g.c. SecondaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Paynesville Area High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hawick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hawick 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 Hawick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hawick
Is Hawick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hawick ranks 8,334th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, state infrastructure, and fast internet, and lowest on empty homes and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hawick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $381,273. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $93,454 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Hawick safe?
Yes, Hawick is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $208 per resident a year.
Compare Hawick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hawick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hawick 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.
Hawick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hawick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hawick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hawick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hawick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hawick 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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