Best PlacesSt. Patrick, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around St. Patrick, 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. Patrick ranks 2,342nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in St. Patrick
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. Patrick's strengths and weaknesses
Where St. Patrick ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$113,394 median, better than 91% of towns
Where St. Patrick ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,103 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in St. Patrick
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median St. Patrick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,394, 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. Patrick's effective rate of 0.91%, 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. Patrick
St. Patrick's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for St. Patrick.
Who works in St. Patrick, and how
Work in St. Patrick centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in St. Patrick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across St. Patrick.
What the weather is like in St. Patrick, month by month
St. Patrick sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 17° | 10° |
| April | 55° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 59° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of St. Patrick
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 30 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. Patrick
Schools across St. Patrick average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Raven Stream ElementaryA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Prague Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- New Prague Senior HighA− · 66% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. Patrick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. Patrick 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. Patrick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in St. Patrick
Is St. Patrick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. Patrick ranks 2,342nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, what local pay buys, and state infrastructure, and lowest on a weak job market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is St. Patrick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $374,693. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $113,394 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is St. Patrick safe?
Yes, St. Patrick is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
Compare St. Patrick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. Patrick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. Patrick 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. Patrick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. Patrick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. Patrick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. Patrick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. Patrick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. Patrick 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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