Best PlacesRindal, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rindal, 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.
Rindal ranks 12,566th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rindal
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.
Rindal's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rindal ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 147 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 79% of towns
Where Rindal ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 12% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rindal
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rindal home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,900, 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 Rindal's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rindal
Rindal runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rindal.
Who works in Rindal, and how
Work in Rindal centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Rindal
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rindal.
What the weather is like in Rindal, month by month
Rindal sees roughly 147 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 17, with lows near 0. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17° | 8° | 0° |
| April | 49° | 38° | 29° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| October | 53° | 42° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Rindal
The nearest airport, Thief River Falls Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 229 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rindal
Schools across Rindal average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Win-e-mac ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
- Fertile-beltrami ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Norman County East ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Fertile-beltrami SecondaryB · 47% proficient
- Win-e-mac SecondaryB− · 43% proficient
- Norman County East SecondaryC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rindal school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rindal 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 Rindal against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rindal
Is Rindal a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rindal ranks 12,566th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, state infrastructure, and the weather, and lowest on empty homes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rindal expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,291. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $87,900 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Rindal safe?
Rindal is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $348 per resident a year.
Compare Rindal with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rindal. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rindal 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.
Rindal detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rindal: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rindal: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rindal: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rindal: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rindal 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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