Best PlacesMarystown, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marystown, 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.
Marystown ranks 1,251st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Marystown
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.
Marystown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marystown ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$127,438 median, better than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
Where Marystown ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 29% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marystown
A household needs to earn about $141,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marystown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $127,438; 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 Marystown's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Marystown
Marystown runs older than the country, 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 Marystown.
Who works in Marystown, and how
Work in Marystown centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Marystown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Marystown.
What the weather is like in Marystown, month by month
Marystown sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 18° | 11° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Marystown
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 Marystown
Schools across Marystown average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- La Ola Del Lago At GrainwoodA− · 62% proficient
- Jackson ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Jordan ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jordan MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Prior Lake-savage Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Shakopee West Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Prior Lake High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Jordan High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Shakopee High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marystown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marystown 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 Marystown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Marystown
Is Marystown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marystown ranks 1,251st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and few empty homes, and lowest on childcare costs and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marystown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $540,264. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $127,438 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Marystown safe?
Yes, Marystown is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
Compare Marystown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marystown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marystown 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.
Marystown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marystown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marystown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marystown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marystown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marystown 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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