Best PlacesLakewood Park, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lakewood Park, 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.
Lakewood Park ranks 5,692nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lakewood Park
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.
Lakewood Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lakewood Park ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute17.1 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Lakewood Park ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lakewood Park
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lakewood Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,588, 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 Lakewood Park's effective rate of 0.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lakewood Park
Lakewood Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lakewood Park.
Who works in Lakewood Park, and how
Work in Lakewood Park centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lakewood Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lakewood Park.
What the weather is like in Lakewood Park, month by month
Lakewood Park sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 20, with lows near 0. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20° | 10° | 0° |
| April | 50° | 37° | 26° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 55° | 43° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Lakewood Park
The nearest airport, Devils Lake Regional, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 352 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lakewood Park
Schools across Lakewood Park average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sweetwater Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Minnewaukan Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Minnewaukan High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Devils Lake High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lakewood Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lakewood Park 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 Lakewood Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lakewood Park
Is Lakewood Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lakewood Park ranks 5,692nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, fast internet, and clean air, and lowest on distance from a big city and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lakewood Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $288,606. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $113,588 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Lakewood Park safe?
Lakewood Park is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $644 per resident a year.
Compare Lakewood Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lakewood Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lakewood Park 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.
Lakewood Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lakewood Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lakewood Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lakewood Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lakewood Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lakewood Park 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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