Best PlacesLagoona Beach, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lagoona Beach, 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.
Lagoona Beach ranks 19,833rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lagoona Beach
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.
Lagoona Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lagoona Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 130 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 78% of towns
Where Lagoona Beach ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lagoona Beach
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lagoona Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,793, 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 Lagoona Beach's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Lagoona Beach
Lagoona Beach runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lagoona Beach.
Who works in Lagoona Beach, and how
Work in Lagoona Beach centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Lagoona Beach
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lagoona Beach.
What the weather is like in Lagoona Beach, month by month
Lagoona Beach sees roughly 130 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 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 | 54° | 42° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 58° | 47° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Lagoona Beach
The nearest airport, Watertown Regional, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 161 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lagoona Beach
Schools across Lagoona Beach average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Knoll ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Pre-k - 5th Grade BuildingB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- 6-12th Grade BuildingC+ · 37% proficient
- Ortonville SecondaryC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lagoona Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lagoona Beach 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 Lagoona Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lagoona Beach
Is Lagoona Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lagoona Beach ranks 19,833rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, cell coverage, and health care access, and lowest on tree cover and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lagoona Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,182. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $79,793 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Lagoona Beach safe?
Lagoona Beach is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $387 per resident a year.
Compare Lagoona Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lagoona Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lagoona Beach 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.
Lagoona Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lagoona Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lagoona Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lagoona Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lagoona Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lagoona Beach 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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