Best PlacesStewartville, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stewartville, 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.
Stewartville ranks 3,710th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stewartville
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.
Stewartville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stewartville ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
Where Stewartville ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,671 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stewartville
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stewartville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,650, 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 Stewartville's effective rate of 1.17%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stewartville
Stewartville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stewartville.
Who works in Stewartville, and how
Work in Stewartville centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Stewartville
Stewartville has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Stewartville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stewartville, month by month
Stewartville sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 17° | 8° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 62° | 49° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Stewartville
The nearest airport, Rochester International, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 79 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stewartville
Schools across Stewartville average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Washington District-wide ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Chatfield Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Grand Meadow ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stewartville MiddleC+ · 35% proficient
- Willow Creek MiddleD · 22% proficient
- Grand Meadow MiddleD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Mayo Senior HighB+ · 53% proficient
- Chatfield SecondaryB · 50% proficient
- Stewartville Senior HighB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stewartville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stewartville 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 Stewartville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stewartville
Is Stewartville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stewartville ranks 3,710th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, biking, and walkability, 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 Stewartville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $293,262. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $90,650 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Stewartville safe?
Yes, Stewartville is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $177 per resident a year.
Compare Stewartville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stewartville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stewartville 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.
Stewartville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stewartville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stewartville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stewartville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stewartville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stewartville 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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