Best PlacesStorden, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Storden, 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.
Storden ranks 18,893rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Storden
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.
Storden's strengths and weaknesses
Where Storden ranks high
- Short commute17.2 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 130 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 74% of towns
Where Storden ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 26% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Storden
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Storden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,229, 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 Storden's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 Storden
Storden 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 Storden.
Who works in Storden, and how
Work in Storden centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Storden
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Storden.
What the weather is like in Storden, month by month
Storden sees roughly 130 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 16° | 9° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 63° |
| October | 60° | 49° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Storden
The nearest airport, Joe Foss Field, is about 78 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Storden
Schools across Storden average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Red Rock Central ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Windom Area ElementaryB · 46% proficient
- Walnut Grove ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Windom MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Windom Senior HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Westbrook-walnut Grove SecondaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Heron Lake-okabena SecondaryD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Storden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Storden 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 Storden against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Storden
Is Storden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Storden ranks 18,893rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, state infrastructure, and the weather, and lowest on internet speeds and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Storden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,532. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $77,229 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Storden safe?
Storden is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $334 per resident a year.
Compare Storden with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Storden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Storden 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.
Storden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Storden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Storden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Storden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Storden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Storden 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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