Best PlacesMinneiska, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Minneiska, 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.
Minneiska ranks 15,515th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Minneiska
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.
Minneiska's strengths and weaknesses
Where Minneiska ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Minneiska ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 23% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Minneiska
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Minneiska home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,679, 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 Minneiska's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Minneiska
Minneiska runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Minneiska.
Who works in Minneiska, and how
Work in Minneiska centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Minneiska
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Minneiska.
What the weather is like in Minneiska, month by month
Minneiska sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 21° | 14° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 64° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Minneiska
The nearest airport, Rochester International, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Minneiska
Schools across Minneiska average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Goodview ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Winona MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Winona Senior HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Minneiska school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Minneiska 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 Minneiska against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Minneiska
Is Minneiska a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Minneiska ranks 15,515th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, tree cover, and the weather, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Minneiska expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $255,286. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $88,679 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Minneiska safe?
Yes, Minneiska is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
Compare Minneiska with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Minneiska. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Minneiska 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.
Minneiska detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Minneiska: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Minneiska: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Minneiska: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Minneiska: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Minneiska 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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