Best PlacesStruble, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Struble, 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.
Struble ranks 10,540th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Struble
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.
Struble's strengths and weaknesses
Where Struble ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute20.1 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
Where Struble ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Struble
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Struble home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,401, 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 Struble's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Struble
Struble 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 Struble.
Who works in Struble, and how
Work in Struble centers on agriculture & forestry and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Struble
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Struble.
What the weather is like in Struble, month by month
Struble sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 21° | 14° |
| April | 61° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 63° | 50° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Struble
The nearest airport, Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Struble
Schools across Struble average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kluckhohn Elementary SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top middle schools
- Le Mars Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Le Mars High SchoolA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Struble school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Struble 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 Struble against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Struble
Is Struble a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Struble ranks 10,540th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, good schools, and state finances, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Struble expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $205,793. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $93,401 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Struble safe?
Yes, Struble is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
Compare Struble with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Struble. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Struble 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.
Struble detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Struble: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Struble: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Struble: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Struble: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Struble 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.