Best PlacesKomensky, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Komensky, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Komensky ranks 5,843rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Komensky
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.
Komensky's strengths and weaknesses
Where Komensky ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Komensky ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 29% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Komensky
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Komensky home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,352, 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 Komensky's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 Komensky
Komensky runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Komensky.
Who works in Komensky, and how
Work in Komensky centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Komensky
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Komensky.
What the weather is like in Komensky, month by month
Komensky sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 16° | 9° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 60° | 48° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Komensky
The nearest airport, St. Cloud Regional, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 54 miles away.
The best schools in and around Komensky
Schools across Komensky average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lakeside ElementaryB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hutchinson MiddleA− · 52% proficient
- Gsl Junior High SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Hutchinson Senior HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Glencoe-silver Lake Senior HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Komensky school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Komensky 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 Komensky against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Komensky
Is Komensky a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Komensky ranks 5,843rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, health care access, and cell coverage, and lowest on a weak job market and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Komensky expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $383,853. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $103,352 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Komensky safe?
Yes, Komensky is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $203 per resident a year.
Compare Komensky with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Komensky. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Komensky 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.
Komensky detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Komensky: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Komensky: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Komensky: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Komensky: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Komensky 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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