Best PlacesShoreview, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shoreview, 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.
Shoreview ranks 121st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Shoreview
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.
Shoreview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shoreview ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of cities
Where Shoreview ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 8% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 10% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 28% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 35% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Shoreview
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shoreview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $112,661, 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 Shoreview's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Shoreview
Shoreview 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 Shoreview.
Who works in Shoreview, and how
Work in Shoreview centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Shoreview
Shoreview has more parkland per resident than 85% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Shoreview and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Shoreview, month by month
Shoreview sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 19° | 12° |
| April | 56° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 60° | 51° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Shoreview
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 14 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 Shoreview
Schools across Shoreview average an A−, better than 86% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Turtle Lake ElementaryA+ · 76% proficient
- Island Lake ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Williams ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chippewa Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Edgewood Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Roseville Area MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Mounds View Senior HighA · 74% proficient
- Irondale Senior HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Roseville Area Senior HighB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shoreview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shoreview 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 Shoreview against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Shoreview suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 85% of cities and 21% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 72% of cities and health care access beats 92%.
Common questions about living in Shoreview
Is Shoreview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shoreview ranks 121st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, few empty homes, and civic engagement, and lowest on childcare costs and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shoreview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $380,669. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $112,661 median income, cost of living beats 85% of cities.
Is Shoreview safe?
Yes, Shoreview is safer than 76% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Shoreview?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 26 with lows near 12. That works out to about 126 pleasant days a year, more than 72% of cities.
Is Shoreview good for families?
Schools beat 86% of cities, crime safety beats 76%, and childcare runs $1,682 a month.
Compare Shoreview with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shoreview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shoreview 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.
Shoreview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shoreview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shoreview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shoreview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shoreview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shoreview 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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