Best PlacesWhipholt, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Whipholt, 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.
Whipholt ranks 29,638th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Whipholt
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.
Whipholt's strengths and weaknesses
Where Whipholt ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 143 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
Where Whipholt ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Whipholt
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Whipholt home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,350, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Whipholt's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Whipholt
Whipholt runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Whipholt.
Who works in Whipholt, and how
Work in Whipholt centers on hospitality & food and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Whipholt
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Whipholt.
What the weather is like in Whipholt, month by month
Whipholt sees roughly 143 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 79 degrees. January highs sit near 20, with lows near 2. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20° | 11° | 2° |
| April | 50° | 39° | 29° |
| July | 79° | 68° | 58° |
| October | 53° | 44° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Whipholt
The nearest airport, Bemidji Regional, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 160 miles away.
The best schools in and around Whipholt
Schools across Whipholt average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- W.h.a. ElementaryC+ · 40% proficient
- Northland ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Walker-hackensack-akeley Sec.C− · 29% proficient
- Northland SecondaryD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Whipholt school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Whipholt 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 Whipholt against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Whipholt
Is Whipholt a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Whipholt ranks 29,638th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, state infrastructure, and the weather, and lowest on an overheated housing market and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Whipholt expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $350,619. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $72,350 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Whipholt safe?
Whipholt is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $439 per resident a year.
Compare Whipholt with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Whipholt. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Whipholt 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.
Whipholt detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Whipholt: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Whipholt: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Whipholt: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Whipholt: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Whipholt 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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