Best PlacesMina, SD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mina, 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.
Mina ranks 5,498th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mina
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.
Mina's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mina ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 90% of towns
Where Mina ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mina
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mina home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,927, 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 Mina's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mina
Mina runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mina.
Who works in Mina, and how
Work in Mina centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mina
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mina.
What the weather is like in Mina, month by month
Mina sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 15° | 5° |
| April | 58° | 43° | 29° |
| July | 88° | 73° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 47° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Mina
The nearest airport, Aberdeen Regional, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 271 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mina
Schools across Mina average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ipswich Elementary - 02A− · 60% proficient
- Warner Elementary - 02A− · 60% proficient
- Browns Valley ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Warner Middle School - 03B− · 40% proficient
- Ipswich Middle School - 04B− · 40% proficient
- Browns Valley MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Warner High School - 01C+ · 40% proficient
- Ipswich High School - 01C+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mina school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mina 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 Mina against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mina
Is Mina a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mina ranks 5,498th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low taxes, and few empty homes, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mina expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $321,101. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $103,927 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Mina safe?
Mina is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $394 per resident a year.
Compare Mina with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mina. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mina 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.
Mina detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mina: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mina: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mina: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mina: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mina 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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