Best PlacesToimi, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Toimi, 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.
Toimi ranks 31,649th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Toimi
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.
Toimi's strengths and weaknesses
Where Toimi ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Toimi ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute36.9 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Toimi
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Toimi home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,494, 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 Toimi's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 Toimi
Toimi 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 Toimi.
Who works in Toimi, and how
Work in Toimi centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Toimi
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Toimi.
What the weather is like in Toimi, month by month
Toimi sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 15° | 7° |
| April | 48° | 38° | 30° |
| July | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| October | 54° | 45° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Toimi
The nearest airport, Duluth International, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 186 miles away.
The best schools in and around Toimi
Schools across Toimi average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Minnehaha ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Mesabi East ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Babbitt ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Wm. M. Kelley SecondaryB− · 40% proficient
- Mesabi East SecondaryC · 33% proficient
- Northeast Range SecondaryD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Toimi school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Toimi 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 Toimi against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Toimi
Is Toimi a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Toimi ranks 31,649th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, health care access, and clean air, and lowest on civic engagement and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Toimi expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $253,035. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $77,494 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Toimi safe?
Toimi is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Toimi with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Toimi. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Toimi 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.
Toimi detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Toimi: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Toimi: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Toimi: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Toimi: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Toimi 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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