Best PlacesRush City, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rush City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rush City ranks 27,771st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rush City
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.
Rush City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rush City ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 80% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
- BikingBetter than 77% of towns
Where Rush City ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,041 a month, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rush City
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rush City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $70,462; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Rush City'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, 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 Rush City
Rush City's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Rush City.
Who works in Rush City, and how
Work in Rush City centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Rush City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rush City.
What the weather is like in Rush City, month by month
Rush City sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 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° | 42° | 33° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Rush City
The nearest airport, St. Cloud Regional, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rush City
Schools across Rush City average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- C.e. Jacobson ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Pine City ElementaryB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Pine City SecondaryC+ · 40% proficient
- Rush City SecondaryC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rush City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rush City 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 Rush City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rush City
Is Rush City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rush City ranks 27,771st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, state infrastructure, and population health, and lowest on civic engagement and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rush City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $284,952. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $70,462 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Rush City safe?
Rush City is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $295 per resident a year.
Compare Rush City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rush City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rush City 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.
Rush City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rush City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rush City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rush City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rush City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rush City 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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