Best PlacesLake Eunice, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Eunice, 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.
Lake Eunice ranks 9,294th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Lake Eunice
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.
Lake Eunice's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Eunice ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 149 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- Household income$97,437 median, better than 83% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
Where Lake Eunice ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 22% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Eunice
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Eunice home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $97,437; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Lake Eunice's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Lake Eunice
Lake Eunice 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 Lake Eunice.
Who works in Lake Eunice, and how
Work in Lake Eunice centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lake Eunice
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Eunice.
What the weather is like in Lake Eunice, month by month
Lake Eunice sees roughly 149 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 20, with lows near 4. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20° | 12° | 4° |
| April | 50° | 40° | 32° |
| July | 80° | 71° | 62° |
| October | 54° | 45° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Lake Eunice
The nearest airport, Hector International, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 184 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake Eunice
Schools across Lake Eunice average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rossman ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Viking Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Frazee ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Detroit Lakes MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Detroit Lakes Senior HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Lake Park Audubon SecondaryC+ · 40% proficient
- Pelican Rapids SecondaryC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Eunice school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Eunice 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 Lake Eunice against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Eunice
Is Lake Eunice a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Eunice ranks 9,294th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, state infrastructure, and the weather, and lowest on empty homes and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Eunice expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $416,292. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $97,437 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Lake Eunice safe?
Yes, Lake Eunice is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Eunice with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Eunice. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Eunice 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.
Lake Eunice detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Eunice: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Eunice: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Eunice: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Eunice: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Eunice 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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