Best PlacesMasonville, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Masonville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Masonville ranks 5,684th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Masonville
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.
Masonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Masonville ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
Where Masonville ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 23% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Masonville
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Masonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,537, 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 Masonville's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Masonville
Masonville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Masonville.
Who works in Masonville, and how
Work in Masonville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Masonville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Masonville.
What the weather is like in Masonville, month by month
Masonville sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 13° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Masonville
The nearest airport, The Eastern Iowa, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 186 miles away.
The best schools in and around Masonville
Schools across Masonville average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lambert Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- North Linn ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Starmont Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Delaware Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- North-linn Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- East Buchanan Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- West Delaware High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- North-linn Senior High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Starmont High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Masonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Masonville 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 Masonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Masonville
Is Masonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Masonville ranks 5,684th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, state finances, and good schools, and lowest on tree cover and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Masonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $208,404. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $86,537 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Masonville safe?
Yes, Masonville is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $140 per resident a year.
Compare Masonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Masonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Masonville 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.
Masonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Masonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Masonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Masonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Masonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Masonville 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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