Best PlacesNew Market, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Market, 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.
New Market ranks 694th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Market
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.
New Market's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Market ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
Where New Market ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Market
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Market home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $136,037, 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 New Market's effective rate of 1.02%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in New Market
New Market's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Market.
Who works in New Market, and how
Work in New Market centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in New Market
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Market.
What the weather is like in New Market, month by month
New Market sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 17° | 10° |
| April | 55° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of New Market
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 23 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 New Market
Schools across New Market average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kennedy ElementaryA− · 59% proficient
- Eagle ViewB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Prague Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
- Mcguire MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- New Prague Senior HighA− · 66% proficient
- Lakeville South HighA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Market school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Market 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 New Market against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Market
Is New Market a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Market ranks 694th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, civic engagement, and what local pay buys, and lowest on childcare costs and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Market expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $439,568. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $136,037 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is New Market safe?
Yes, New Market is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $152 per resident a year.
Compare New Market with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Market. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Market 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.
New Market detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Market: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Market: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Market: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Market: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Market 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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