Best PlacesHenriette, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Henriette, 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.
Henriette ranks 30,133rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Henriette
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.
Henriette's strengths and weaknesses
Where Henriette ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 116 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 70% of towns
Where Henriette ranks low
- Short commute38.4 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Henriette
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Henriette home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,959, 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 Henriette's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Henriette
Henriette runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Henriette.
Who works in Henriette, and how
Work in Henriette centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Henriette
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Henriette.
What the weather is like in Henriette, month by month
Henriette sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 15° | 7° |
| April | 52° | 41° | 32° |
| July | 80° | 69° | 58° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Henriette
The nearest airport, St. Cloud Regional, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 69 miles away.
The best schools in and around Henriette
Schools across Henriette average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mora Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Pine City ElementaryB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Mora SecondaryB · 46% proficient
- Pine City SecondaryC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Henriette school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Henriette 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 Henriette against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Henriette
Is Henriette a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Henriette ranks 30,133rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, fast internet, and heat safety, and lowest on long commutes and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Henriette expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,448. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $72,959 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Henriette safe?
Henriette is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $293 per resident a year.
Compare Henriette with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Henriette. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Henriette 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.
Henriette detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Henriette: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Henriette: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Henriette: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Henriette: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Henriette 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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