Best PlacesWinona, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Winona, 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.
Winona ranks 36,160th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Winona
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.
Winona's strengths and weaknesses
Where Winona ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 83% of towns
Where Winona ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute34.7 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 15% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
Who lives in Winona
Winona runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Winona.
Who works in Winona, and how
Work in Winona centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Winona
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Winona.
What the weather is like in Winona, month by month
Winona sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| July | 82° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Winona
The nearest airport, South Bend International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago Midway International, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Winona
Schools across Winona average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Culver Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Culver Community Middle/high SchD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Winona school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Winona 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 Winona against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Winona
Is Winona a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Winona ranks 36,160th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and low disaster risk, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Winona safe?
Yes, Winona is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $195 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Winona?
July highs average about 82 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 22. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 36% of towns.
Compare Winona with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Winona. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Winona 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.
Winona detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Winona: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Winona: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Winona: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Winona: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Winona 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.
- 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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