Best PlacesStrandquist, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Strandquist, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Strandquist ranks 39,508th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Strandquist
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.
Strandquist's strengths and weaknesses
Where Strandquist ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Strandquist ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Strandquist
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Strandquist home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,384, 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 Strandquist's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Strandquist
Strandquist 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 Strandquist.
Who works in Strandquist, and how
Work in Strandquist centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Strandquist
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Strandquist.
What the weather is like in Strandquist, month by month
Strandquist sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 17, with lows near 1. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17° | 9° | 1° |
| April | 50° | 39° | 30° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 54° | 44° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Strandquist
The nearest airport, Thief River Falls Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 293 miles away.
The best schools in and around Strandquist
Schools across Strandquist average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Argyle ElementaryA · 72% proficient
- Karlstad ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Stephen Senior HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Marshall County Central HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Tri-county SecondaryC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Strandquist school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Strandquist 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 Strandquist against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Strandquist
Is Strandquist a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Strandquist ranks 39,508th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state infrastructure, and the weather, and lowest on a weak job market and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Strandquist expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,238. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $66,384 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Strandquist safe?
Strandquist is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $379 per resident a year.
Compare Strandquist with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Strandquist. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Strandquist 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.
Strandquist detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Strandquist: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Strandquist: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Strandquist: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Strandquist: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Strandquist 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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