Best PlacesRenville, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Renville, 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.
Renville ranks 17,300th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Renville
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.
Renville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Renville ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Short commute18.6 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 137 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
Where Renville ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 25% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Renville
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Renville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,726, 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 Renville'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Renville
Renville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Renville.
Who works in Renville, and how
Work in Renville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Renville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Renville.
What the weather is like in Renville, month by month
Renville sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 16° | 9° |
| April | 54° | 43° | 35° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 59° | 48° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Renville
The nearest airport, St. Cloud Regional, is about 77 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Renville
Schools across Renville average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Reede Gray ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Renville County West ElementaryC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Redwood Valley MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Redwood Valley Senior HighB · 48% proficient
- Maccray SecondaryC · 32% proficient
- Renville County West Senior HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Renville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Renville 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 Renville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Renville
Is Renville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Renville ranks 17,300th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, state infrastructure, and short commutes, and lowest on tree cover and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Renville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,530. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $72,726 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Renville safe?
Renville is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $388 per resident a year.
Compare Renville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Renville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Renville 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.
Renville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Renville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Renville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Renville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Renville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Renville 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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