Best PlacesWarren, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warren, 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.
Warren ranks 10,475th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Warren
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.
Warren's strengths and weaknesses
Where Warren ranks high
- Short commute16.6 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 91% of towns
Where Warren ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap childcare$989 a month, better than only 25% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warren
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warren home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,869, 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 Warren'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, 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 Warren
Warren's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Warren.
Who works in Warren, and how
Work in Warren centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Warren
Warren has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Warren and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Warren, month by month
Warren sees roughly 144 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 18, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18° | 10° | 3° |
| April | 50° | 39° | 31° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| October | 56° | 46° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Warren
The nearest airport, Grand Forks International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 284 miles away.
The best schools in and around Warren
Schools across Warren average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Argyle ElementaryA · 72% proficient
- Warren ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Stephen Senior HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Marshall County Central HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Warren-alvarado-oslo SecondaryC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warren school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warren 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 Warren against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warren
Is Warren a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warren ranks 10,475th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and fast internet, and lowest on distance from a big city and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Warren expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $158,421. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $64,869 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Warren safe?
Yes, Warren is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $226 per resident a year.
Compare Warren with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warren. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warren 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.
Warren detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warren: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warren: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warren: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warren: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warren 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.