Best PlacesLittle Canada, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Little Canada, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Little Canada ranks 10,336th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Little Canada
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.
Little Canada's strengths and weaknesses
Where Little Canada ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
Where Little Canada ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Little Canada
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Little Canada home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $86,338; 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 Little Canada's effective rate of 1.09%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Little Canada
Little Canada 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 Little Canada.
Who works in Little Canada, and how
Work in Little Canada centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Little Canada
Little Canada has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Little Canada and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Little Canada, month by month
Little Canada sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 19° | 12° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Little Canada
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 12 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 Little Canada
Schools across Little Canada average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Matoska InternationalB+ · 55% proficient
- Afsa K-8B− · 42% proficient
- Little Canada ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sunrise Park MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Roseville Area MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Roseville Area Senior HighB+ · 51% proficient
- White Bear South Campus SeniorC+ · 35% proficient
- Quora Secondary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Little Canada school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Little Canada 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 Little Canada against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Little Canada
Is Little Canada a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Little Canada ranks 10,336th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Little Canada expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $330,037. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $86,338 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Little Canada safe?
Little Canada is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $443 per resident a year.
Compare Little Canada with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Little Canada. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Little Canada 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.
Little Canada detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Little Canada: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Little Canada: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Little Canada: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Little Canada: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Little Canada 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.