Best PlacesNevis, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nevis, 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.
Nevis ranks 17,945th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Nevis
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.
Nevis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Nevis ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 134 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
Where Nevis ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,079 a month, better than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nevis
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nevis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,742, 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 Nevis' effective rate of 0.77%, 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 Nevis
Nevis runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Nevis.
Who works in Nevis, and how
Work in Nevis centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, 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 Nevis
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Nevis.
What the weather is like in Nevis, month by month
Nevis sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 20, with lows near 2. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20° | 11° | 2° |
| April | 51° | 40° | 30° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 55° | 45° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Nevis
The nearest airport, Bemidji Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 163 miles away.
The best schools in and around Nevis
Schools across Nevis average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nevis ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Park Rapids Area Century ElementaryA · 64% proficient
- W.h.a. ElementaryC+ · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Park Rapids Area Century MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Nevis SecondaryB− · 45% proficient
- Park Rapids Senior HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Walker-hackensack-akeley Sec.C− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nevis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nevis 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 Nevis against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nevis
Is Nevis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nevis ranks 17,945th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, health care access, and the weather, and lowest on empty homes and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Nevis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $315,139. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $72,742 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Nevis safe?
Yes, Nevis is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $242 per resident a year.
Compare Nevis with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nevis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nevis 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.
Nevis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nevis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nevis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nevis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nevis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nevis 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.