Best PlacesStacyville, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stacyville, 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.
Stacyville ranks 5,085th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Stacyville
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.
Stacyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stacyville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 201 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute20.8 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
Where Stacyville ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 25% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
- Household income$62,887 median, better than only 33% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stacyville
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stacyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,887, 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 Stacyville's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stacyville
Stacyville'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 Stacyville.
Who works in Stacyville, and how
Work in Stacyville 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 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Stacyville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stacyville.
What the weather is like in Stacyville, month by month
Stacyville sees roughly 201 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 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° | 18° | 12° |
| April | 57° | 45° | 37° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Stacyville
The nearest airport, Mason City Municipal, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stacyville
Schools across Stacyville average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- St Ansgar Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- St Ansgar Middle SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Osage Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
Top high schools
- St Ansgar High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Osage High SchoolA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stacyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stacyville 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 Stacyville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stacyville
Is Stacyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stacyville ranks 5,085th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, the weather, and good schools, and lowest on tree cover and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stacyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $135,053. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $62,887 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Stacyville safe?
Yes, Stacyville is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare Stacyville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stacyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stacyville 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.
Stacyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stacyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stacyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stacyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stacyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stacyville 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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