Best PlacesMinburn, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Minburn, 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.
Minburn ranks 4,087th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Minburn
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.
Minburn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Minburn ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
Where Minburn ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 30% of towns
- Short commute29.4 minutes each way, better than only 36% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 42% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Minburn
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Minburn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,167, 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 Minburn's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 Minburn
Minburn runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Minburn.
Who works in Minburn, and how
Work in Minburn centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Minburn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Minburn.
What the weather is like in Minburn, month by month
Minburn sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 22° | 13° |
| April | 64° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Minburn
The nearest airport, Des Moines International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Minburn
Schools across Minburn average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Ridge ElementaryA+ · 83% proficient
- Perry ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dallas Center-grimes Middle SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Adm Middle SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Desoto Intermediate SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Adm Senior High SchoolA · 79% proficient
- Dallas Center-grimes High SchoolA · 77% proficient
- Perry High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Minburn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Minburn 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 Minburn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Minburn
Is Minburn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Minburn ranks 4,087th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, good schools, and low crime, and lowest on property taxes and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Minburn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $261,085. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $87,167 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Minburn safe?
Yes, Minburn is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $179 per resident a year.
Compare Minburn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Minburn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Minburn 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.
Minburn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Minburn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Minburn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Minburn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Minburn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Minburn 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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