Best PlacesMinikahda Vista, St. Louis Park, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park, 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.
Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park ranks 94th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park
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.
Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 23% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 29% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 33% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 48% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park
A household needs to earn about $161,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $134,717, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park
Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park.
Who works in Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park, and how
Work in Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park.
What the weather is like in Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park, month by month
Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 27, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 18° | 10° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 7 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 Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park
Schools across Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park average a B+, better than 79% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Highlands ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Park Spanish Immersion ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- South View MiddleA− · 58% proficient
- St. Louis Park Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Edina Senior HighA · 75% proficient
- St. Louis Park Senior HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park 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 Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park
Is Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park ranks 94th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, what local pay buys, and civic engagement, and lowest on childcare costs and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $586,442. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $134,717 median income, cost of living beats 97% of neighborhoods.
Is Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park safe?
Yes, Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park is safer than 59% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $422 per resident a year.
Compare Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park 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.
Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Minikahda Vista, St. Louis Park 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.
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