Best PlacesLoring Park, Minneapolis, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Loring Park, Minneapolis, 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.
Loring Park, Minneapolis ranks 2,575th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Loring Park, Minneapolis
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.
Loring Park, Minneapolis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Loring Park, Minneapolis ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
Where Loring Park, Minneapolis ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD+, better than only 19% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Loring Park, Minneapolis
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Loring Park, Minneapolis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $60,947, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Loring Park, Minneapolis' effective rate of 1.39%, 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 Loring Park, Minneapolis
Loring Park, Minneapolis's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Loring Park, Minneapolis.
Who works in Loring Park, Minneapolis, and how
Work in Loring Park, Minneapolis centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 43%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 32%
Life in Loring Park, Minneapolis
Loring Park, Minneapolis has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Loring Park, Minneapolis and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Loring Park, Minneapolis, month by month
Loring Park, Minneapolis sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 27, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 18° | 10° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Loring Park, Minneapolis
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 7 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 Loring Park, Minneapolis
Schools across Loring Park, Minneapolis average a D+, better than 19% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Webster ElementaryC− · 25% proficient
- Emerson ElementaryD · 20% proficient
- Cityview ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northeast MiddleD− · 17% proficient
- Anwatin MiddleD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Fair HighB− · 43% proficient
- Wellstone International HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Loring Park, Minneapolis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Loring Park, Minneapolis 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 Loring Park, Minneapolis against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Loring Park, Minneapolis
Is Loring Park, Minneapolis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Loring Park, Minneapolis ranks 2,575th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, transit, and walkability, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Loring Park, Minneapolis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $254,804. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $60,947 median income, cost of living beats 56% of neighborhoods.
Is Loring Park, Minneapolis safe?
Loring Park, Minneapolis is safer than 12% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $877 per resident a year.
Compare Loring Park, Minneapolis with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Loring Park, Minneapolis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Loring Park, Minneapolis 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.
Loring Park, Minneapolis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Loring Park, Minneapolis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Loring Park, Minneapolis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Loring Park, Minneapolis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Loring Park, Minneapolis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Loring Park, Minneapolis 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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