Best PlacesNorwood Young America, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Norwood Young America, 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.
Norwood Young America ranks 10,155th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Norwood Young America
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.
Norwood Young America's strengths and weaknesses
Where Norwood Young America ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Norwood Young America ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Short commute31.5 minutes each way, better than only 26% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Norwood Young America
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Norwood Young America home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $70,146, 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 Norwood Young America's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Norwood Young America
Norwood Young America'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 Norwood Young America.
Who works in Norwood Young America, and how
Work in Norwood Young America centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Norwood Young America
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Norwood Young America.
What the weather is like in Norwood Young America, month by month
Norwood Young America sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 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 | 84° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Norwood Young America
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 35 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 Norwood Young America
Schools across Norwood Young America average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Senior HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Norwood Young America school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Norwood Young America 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 Norwood Young America against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Norwood Young America
Is Norwood Young America a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Norwood Young America ranks 10,155th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, few empty homes, and biking, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Norwood Young America expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $297,440. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $70,146 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Norwood Young America safe?
Yes, Norwood Young America is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $177 per resident a year.
Compare Norwood Young America with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Norwood Young America. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Norwood Young America 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.
Norwood Young America detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Norwood Young America: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Norwood Young America: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Norwood Young America: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Norwood Young America: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Norwood Young America 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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