Best PlacesSt. Bonifacius, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around St. Bonifacius, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
St. Bonifacius ranks 1,179th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in St. Bonifacius
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.
St. Bonifacius' strengths and weaknesses
Where St. Bonifacius ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$123,222 median, better than 94% of towns
Where St. Bonifacius ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in St. Bonifacius
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median St. Bonifacius home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $123,222, 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 St. Bonifacius' effective rate of 1.02%, 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 St. Bonifacius
St. Bonifacius runs younger 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 St. Bonifacius.
Who works in St. Bonifacius, and how
Work in St. Bonifacius centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in St. Bonifacius
St. Bonifacius has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of St. Bonifacius and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in St. Bonifacius, month by month
St. Bonifacius sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 18° | 11° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 43° |
Flying in and out of St. Bonifacius
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 26 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 St. Bonifacius
Schools across St. Bonifacius average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bayview ElementaryA · 71% proficient
- Laketown ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Shirley Hills Primary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Grandview Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Waconia Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Chaska Middle School EastB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Chanhassen High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
- Watertown Mayer HighA− · 67% proficient
- Waconia High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. Bonifacius school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. Bonifacius 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 St. Bonifacius against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in St. Bonifacius
Is St. Bonifacius a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. Bonifacius ranks 1,179th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, what local pay buys, and civic engagement, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is St. Bonifacius expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $404,969. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $123,222 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is St. Bonifacius safe?
St. Bonifacius is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $303 per resident a year.
Compare St. Bonifacius with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. Bonifacius. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. Bonifacius 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.
St. Bonifacius detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. Bonifacius: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. Bonifacius: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. Bonifacius: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. Bonifacius: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. Bonifacius 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.
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