Ranked for Affordable Living
Best Places to Live in Minnesota for Affordable Living
Low cost of living, rent, home prices, and total tax burden Ranked by how well each place fits the Affordable Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.
Top 25 places
- #1AustinPopulation 26,156 · mixed overall livability66% match
- #2WinonaPopulation 26,083 · solid overall livability63% match
- #3DuluthPopulation 86,772 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #4St. CloudPopulation 68,910 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #5MoorheadPopulation 44,443 · mixed overall livability31% match
- #6RochesterPopulation 120,848 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #7BloomingtonPopulation 89,244 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #8Brooklyn ParkPopulation 84,951 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #9Coon RapidsPopulation 63,296 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #10Apple ValleyPopulation 55,594 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #11St. Louis ParkPopulation 49,500 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #12MankatoPopulation 44,444 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #13MaplewoodPopulation 41,405 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #14Inver Grove HeightsPopulation 35,673 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #15OakdalePopulation 28,029 · solid overall livability23% match
- #16ChaskaPopulation 27,764 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #17OwatonnaPopulation 26,400 · solid overall livability23% match
- #18Elk RiverPopulation 25,936 · mixed overall livability23% match
- #19MinneapolisPopulation 426,877 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #20St. PaulPopulation 308,806 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #21PlymouthPopulation 79,918 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #22WoodburyPopulation 75,549 · solid overall livability11% match
- #23LakevillePopulation 70,696 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #24Maple GrovePopulation 70,110 · mixed overall livability11% match
- #25BlainePopulation 70,047 · mixed overall livability11% match
Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.
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