Best PlacesKellogg, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kellogg, 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.
Kellogg ranks 15,508th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kellogg
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.
Kellogg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kellogg ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 131 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 79% of towns
Where Kellogg ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 23% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kellogg
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kellogg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,489, 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 Kellogg's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Kellogg
Kellogg 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 Kellogg.
Who works in Kellogg, and how
Work in Kellogg centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Kellogg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kellogg.
What the weather is like in Kellogg, month by month
Kellogg sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 21° | 14° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Kellogg
The nearest airport, Rochester International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kellogg
Schools across Kellogg average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Plainview-elgin-millville Pk-3A · 65% proficient
- Wabasha-kellogg ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Plainview-elgin-millville JuniorA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Plainview-elgin-millville HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Wabasha-kellogg SecondaryB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kellogg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kellogg 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 Kellogg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kellogg
Is Kellogg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kellogg ranks 15,508th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, health care access, and transit, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kellogg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $283,228. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $86,489 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Kellogg safe?
Yes, Kellogg is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $254 per resident a year.
Compare Kellogg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kellogg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kellogg 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.
Kellogg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kellogg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kellogg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kellogg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kellogg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kellogg 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.