Best PlacesWenonah, Minneapolis, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wenonah, Minneapolis, 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.
Wenonah, Minneapolis ranks 2,208th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wenonah, Minneapolis
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.
Wenonah, Minneapolis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Wenonah, Minneapolis ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
Where Wenonah, Minneapolis ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,682 a month, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 23% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Wenonah, Minneapolis
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wenonah, Minneapolis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $108,350, 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 Wenonah, Minneapolis' effective rate of 1.22%, 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 Wenonah, Minneapolis
Wenonah, Minneapolis runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wenonah, Minneapolis.
Who works in Wenonah, Minneapolis, and how
Work in Wenonah, Minneapolis centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Wenonah, Minneapolis
Wenonah, Minneapolis has more parkland per resident than 89% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Wenonah, Minneapolis and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wenonah, Minneapolis, month by month
Wenonah, Minneapolis sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 27, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 18° | 10° |
| April | 58° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Wenonah, Minneapolis
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain sits about 1 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 17.5 million passengers in 2025, with 195 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Wenonah, Minneapolis
Schools across Wenonah, Minneapolis average a C, better than 35% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Richfield Dual Language SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Cityview ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Justice Page MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Sanford MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Richfield MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Washburn HighB+ · 53% proficient
- Fair HighB− · 43% proficient
- Richfield Senior HighC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wenonah, Minneapolis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wenonah, Minneapolis 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 Wenonah, Minneapolis against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Wenonah, Minneapolis
Is Wenonah, Minneapolis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wenonah, Minneapolis ranks 2,208th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, a stable housing market, and heat safety, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wenonah, Minneapolis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $350,783. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $108,350 median income, cost of living beats 87% of neighborhoods.
Is Wenonah, Minneapolis safe?
Wenonah, Minneapolis is safer than 41% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $525 per resident a year.
Compare Wenonah, Minneapolis with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wenonah, Minneapolis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wenonah, Minneapolis 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.
Wenonah, Minneapolis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wenonah, Minneapolis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wenonah, Minneapolis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wenonah, Minneapolis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wenonah, Minneapolis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wenonah, Minneapolis 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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