Best PlacesHubbard County, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Hubbard County, 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.
Hubbard County ranks 1,127th of 3,144 U.S. counties 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 Hubbard County
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.
Hubbard County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hubbard County ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than 91% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of counties
Where Hubbard County ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Cheap childcare$1,079 a month, better than only 13% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than only 16% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Hubbard County
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hubbard County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,453, 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 Hubbard County's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 Hubbard County
Hubbard County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hubbard County.
Who works in Hubbard County, and how
Work in Hubbard County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hubbard County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hubbard County.
Is Hubbard County growing, and who is moving in?
Hubbard County has grown about 7% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Beltrami County, MN.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Hubbard County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Hubbard County, month by month
Hubbard County sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 20, with lows near 2. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20° | 11° | 2° |
| April | 51° | 40° | 30° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 55° | 45° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Hubbard County
The nearest airport, Bemidji Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 171 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hubbard County
Schools across Hubbard County average a C+, better than 60% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Nevis ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Park Rapids Area Century ElementaryA · 64% proficient
- Menahga ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bemidji MiddleB− · 39% proficient
- Park Rapids Area Century MiddleC · 31% proficient
- Laporte Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Bemidji Senior HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Nevis SecondaryB− · 45% proficient
- Menahga High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hubbard County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hubbard County 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 Hubbard County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Hubbard County suits
Retirees
The weather beats 85% of counties, health care access beats 97%, and it is quieter than 68%.
Common questions about living in Hubbard County
Is Hubbard County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hubbard County ranks 1,127th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on health care access, state infrastructure, and low crime, and lowest on empty homes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hubbard County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $285,232. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $74,453 median income, cost of living beats 42% of counties.
Is Hubbard County safe?
Yes, Hubbard County is safer than 88% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hubbard County?
July highs average about 82 degrees, and January highs near 20 with lows near 2. That works out to about 135 pleasant days a year, more than 85% of counties.
Is Hubbard County good for families?
Schools beat 60% of counties, crime safety beats 88%, and childcare runs $1,079 a month.
Compare Hubbard County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hubbard County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hubbard County 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.
Hubbard County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hubbard County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hubbard County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hubbard County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hubbard County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hubbard County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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