Best PlacesMaple Grove, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maple Grove, 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.
Maple Grove ranks 109th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Maple Grove
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.
Maple Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maple Grove ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of cities
Where Maple Grove ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 8% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 27% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 28% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 28% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 36% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Maple Grove
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maple Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $142,044, 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 Maple Grove's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Maple Grove
Maple Grove's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maple Grove.
Who works in Maple Grove, and how
Work in Maple Grove centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Maple Grove
Maple Grove has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Maple Grove and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Maple Grove, month by month
Maple Grove sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 18° | 11° |
| April | 56° | 45° | 36° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Maple Grove
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 19 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 Maple Grove
Schools across Maple Grove average a B+, better than 76% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Kimberly Lane ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Greenwood ElementaryA+ · 76% proficient
- Rush Creek ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wayzata Central MiddleA+ · 73% proficient
- Rockford MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Parnassus Preparatory School-logicB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Wayzata HighA · 79% proficient
- Maple Grove Senior HighA− · 62% proficient
- Parnassus Prep School-rhetoricB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maple Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maple Grove 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 Maple Grove against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Maple Grove suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of cities and 28% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 71% of cities and health care access beats 82%.
Common questions about living in Maple Grove
Is Maple Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maple Grove ranks 109th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, what local pay buys, and civic engagement, and lowest on childcare costs and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maple Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $445,642. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $142,044 median income, cost of living beats 98% of cities.
Is Maple Grove safe?
Maple Grove is safer than 52% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $308 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Maple Grove?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 25 with lows near 11. That works out to about 124 pleasant days a year, more than 71% of cities.
Is Maple Grove good for families?
Schools beat 76% of cities, crime safety beats 52%, and childcare runs $1,682 a month.
Compare Maple Grove with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maple Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maple Grove 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.
Maple Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maple Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maple Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maple Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maple Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maple Grove 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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