Best PlacesNew Prague, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Prague, 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 Prague ranks 1,217th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in New Prague
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 Prague's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Prague ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where New Prague ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,269 a month, better than only 12% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 28% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Prague
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Prague home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,694, 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 Prague's effective rate of 0.98%, 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 New Prague
New Prague's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Prague.
Who works in New Prague, and how
Work in New Prague centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in New Prague
New Prague has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns and more parkland per resident than 85% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of New Prague and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in New Prague, month by month
New Prague sees roughly 135 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 Prague
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 29 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 Prague
Schools across New Prague average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Raven Stream ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Falcon RidgeB+ · 55% proficient
- Montgomery Pre K-8B− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Prague Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- New Prague Senior HighA− · 66% proficient
- Tri-city United High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Compass Learning CenterD− · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Prague school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Prague 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 Prague against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Prague
Is New Prague a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Prague ranks 1,217th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Prague expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $404,450. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $113,694 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is New Prague safe?
Yes, New Prague is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $214 per resident a year.
Compare New Prague with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Prague. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Prague 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 Prague detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Prague: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Prague: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Prague: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Prague: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Prague 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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