Best PlacesLittlefork, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Littlefork, 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.
Littlefork ranks 16,625th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Littlefork
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.
Littlefork's strengths and weaknesses
Where Littlefork ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
Where Littlefork ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Littlefork
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Littlefork home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,503, 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 Littlefork's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Littlefork
Littlefork 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 Littlefork.
Who works in Littlefork, and how
Work in Littlefork centers on retail trade 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 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Littlefork
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Littlefork.
What the weather is like in Littlefork, month by month
Littlefork sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 20, with lows near -1. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20° | 9° | -1° |
| April | 50° | 37° | 25° |
| July | 81° | 67° | 52° |
| October | 55° | 44° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Littlefork
The nearest airport, Falls International/Einarson Field, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 243 miles away.
The best schools in and around Littlefork
Schools across Littlefork average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Littlefork-big Falls ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Northome ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Littlefork-big Falls SecondaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Northome SecondaryD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Littlefork school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Littlefork 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 Littlefork against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Littlefork
Is Littlefork a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Littlefork ranks 16,625th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, a stable housing market, and health care access, and lowest on distance from a big city and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Littlefork expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,190. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $67,503 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Littlefork safe?
Littlefork is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $309 per resident a year.
Compare Littlefork with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Littlefork. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Littlefork 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.
Littlefork detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Littlefork: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Littlefork: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Littlefork: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Littlefork: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Littlefork 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.