Best PlacesLindstrom, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lindstrom, 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.
Lindstrom ranks 3,302nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lindstrom
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.
Lindstrom's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lindstrom ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$114,646 median, better than 92% of towns
Where Lindstrom ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,041 a month, better than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
- Short commute30.7 minutes each way, better than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lindstrom
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lindstrom home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $114,646, 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 Lindstrom's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 Lindstrom
Lindstrom's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lindstrom.
Who works in Lindstrom, and how
Work in Lindstrom centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lindstrom
Lindstrom has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lindstrom and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lindstrom, month by month
Lindstrom sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 17° | 10° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 48° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Lindstrom
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 40 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 17.5 million passengers in 2025, with 195 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lindstrom
Schools across Lindstrom average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lakeside El.B+ · 55% proficient
- Sunrise River Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Taylors Falls ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chisago Lakes MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- North Branch Area Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Chisago Lakes Senior HighB+ · 58% proficient
- North Branch Area High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lindstrom school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lindstrom 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 Lindstrom against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lindstrom
Is Lindstrom a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lindstrom ranks 3,302nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, low crime, and state infrastructure, and lowest on taxes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lindstrom expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $391,249. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $114,646 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Lindstrom safe?
Yes, Lindstrom is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $153 per resident a year.
Compare Lindstrom with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lindstrom. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lindstrom 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.
Lindstrom detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lindstrom: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lindstrom: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lindstrom: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lindstrom: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lindstrom 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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