Best PlacesToeterville, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Toeterville, 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.
Toeterville ranks 9,787th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Toeterville
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.
Toeterville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Toeterville ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 184 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
Where Toeterville ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Toeterville
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Toeterville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,766, 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 Toeterville's effective rate of 0.93%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Toeterville
Toeterville 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 Toeterville.
Who works in Toeterville, and how
Work in Toeterville centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Toeterville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Toeterville.
What the weather is like in Toeterville, month by month
Toeterville sees roughly 184 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 Toeterville
The nearest airport, Mason City Municipal, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 104 miles away.
The best schools in and around Toeterville
Schools across Toeterville average an A, better than 96% 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 Toeterville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Toeterville 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 Toeterville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Toeterville
Is Toeterville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Toeterville ranks 9,787th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, fast internet, and good schools, and lowest on tree cover and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Toeterville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,168. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $79,766 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Toeterville safe?
Toeterville is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $505 per resident a year.
Compare Toeterville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Toeterville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Toeterville 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.
Toeterville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Toeterville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Toeterville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Toeterville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Toeterville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Toeterville 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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