Best PlacesInger, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Inger, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Inger ranks 36,140th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Inger
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.
Inger's strengths and weaknesses
Where Inger ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 125 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 70% of towns
Where Inger ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Inger
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Inger home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,284, 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 Inger's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Inger
Inger runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Inger.
Who works in Inger, and how
Work in Inger centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Inger
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Inger.
What the weather is like in Inger, month by month
Inger sees roughly 125 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 20, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20° | 11° | 3° |
| April | 50° | 39° | 29° |
| July | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| October | 54° | 44° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Inger
The nearest airport, Bemidji Regional, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 185 miles away.
The best schools in and around Inger
Schools across Inger average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- King ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Bigfork ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Robert J. Elkington Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Greenway MiddleC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Grand Rapids Senior HighA− · 63% proficient
- Blackduck SecondaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Bigfork SecondaryC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Inger school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Inger 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 Inger against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Inger
Is Inger a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Inger ranks 36,140th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, state infrastructure, and heat safety, and lowest on distance from a big city and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Inger expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,979. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $66,284 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Inger safe?
Inger is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $353 per resident a year.
Compare Inger with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Inger. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Inger 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.
Inger detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Inger: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Inger: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Inger: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Inger: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Inger 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.