Best PlacesMinong, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Minong, 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.
Minong ranks 24,581st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Minong
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.
Minong's strengths and weaknesses
Where Minong ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Minong ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 31% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Minong
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Minong home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,825, 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 Minong's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Minong
Minong runs older than the country, 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 Minong.
Who works in Minong, and how
Work in Minong centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Minong
Minong has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Minong and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Minong, month by month
Minong sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 15° | 7° |
| April | 52° | 40° | 30° |
| July | 81° | 68° | 56° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Minong
The nearest airport, Duluth International, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Minong
Schools across Minong average a C, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Webster ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Hayward IntermediateB · 45% proficient
- Drummond ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Webster MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Northwestern MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Northstar Community Charter SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwestern HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Northwood High/middleC+ · 35% proficient
- Hayward HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Minong school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Minong 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 Minong against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Minong
Is Minong a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Minong ranks 24,581st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, clean air, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on empty homes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Minong expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,485. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $63,825 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Minong safe?
Minong is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $364 per resident a year.
Compare Minong with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Minong. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Minong 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.
Minong detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Minong: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Minong: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Minong: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Minong: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Minong 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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