Best PlacesWarman, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warman, 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.
Warman ranks 28,039th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Warman
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.
Warman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Warman ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 115 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 76% of towns
Where Warman ranks low
- Short commute39.4 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warman
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,234, 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 Warman's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 Warman
Warman 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 Warman.
Who works in Warman, and how
Work in Warman centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Warman
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Warman.
What the weather is like in Warman, month by month
Warman sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 15° | 7° |
| April | 52° | 41° | 32° |
| July | 80° | 69° | 58° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Warman
The nearest airport, Brainerd Lakes Regional, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Warman
Schools across Warman average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mora Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- East Central ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Isle ElementaryC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Mora SecondaryB · 46% proficient
- Isle SecondaryC · 32% proficient
- East Central Senior SecondaryC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warman 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 Warman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warman
Is Warman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warman ranks 28,039th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, state infrastructure, and heat safety, and lowest on long commutes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Warman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $235,417. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $67,234 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Warman safe?
Yes, Warman is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $163 per resident a year.
Compare Warman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warman 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.
Warman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warman 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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