77fit
Downtown West
$2K median rent
Nicollet Mall, office towers, and a crime rate that visitor traffic inflates. Walk scores max; evening quiet depends on the block.
NightlifePlannedWalk 100Safety 16
Minneapolis/Loring Park
65fit
Loring Park
Official neighborhood: Loring Park
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · MPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
The park is the living room; downtown is a walk. Apartment density without the warehouse look of the North Loop.
loring
Best in Minneapolis for familiesWalkable MinneapolisUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
53
112 violent · 508 property · 57.5 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)+3 vs city set
Schools
29
Rating 6.8 / 10 nearby-20 vs city set
Walk
54
OSM: 3 groceries · 8 cafes · 73 transit · 122 parks+32 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,187 ACS median vs your rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
84
OSM: 8 cafes · 25 restaurants · 10 bars · 122 parks+62 vs city set
Commute to work
From Loring Park, a typical weekday is 12 min to Downtown, 22 min to University, 21 min to Southwest. Not live traffic.
Downtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
12 min
Nicollet, Target Field · -7 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
University
22 min
Dinkytown, East Bank · -3 min vs the city-set median
Southwest
21 min
Uptown and the lakes · +3 min vs the city-set median
Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.
Cost of living
The ACS median rent is $1,187 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 26% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($54K) could “afford” about $1,359 a month at 30% of pay.
78% of households rent. Median home value is $236,207.
ACS median rent
$1,187
30% income budget
$1,359
Rent / income
26%
Median home
$236,207
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Minneapolis city. Up 61% since 2014. Loring Park is 13% below the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.
HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.
Within a walk
Within a short walk of this official neighborhood: 3 groceries, 8 cafes, 122 parks, and 73 transit stops.
A grocery run on foot is possible; some trips will still need a ride. Parks are close — 122 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (73 stops or stations).
8 cafes and 25 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Minneapolis set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 8 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
10,789
Median age
35.6
Median income
$54K
Renters
78%
Bachelor+
57%
Violent / 1k
10.4
Property / 1k
47.1
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 3 census tracts · MPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
Waterfront
Crime is MPD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.
On the ground
What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.
The park is the living room; downtown is a walk. Apartment density without the warehouse look of the North Loop. Basilica bells, a pond, and a 1970s-to-now stack of buildings facing the grass. People who work downtown and want a named park instead of a trail land here.
Nightlife is a short walk to the core or to the Wedge. The park has the usual downtown-park after-dark caveats — tour it at night. Weight walk. Families who want lakes go west; this is the inner-park compromise.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
Reported here lately
City 311 service requests in this official unit, last 14 days. This is what neighbors filed with the city — not a chat thread, and not part of the fit score.
50 reports
- Parking Violation - Open31111
- Parking Violation8
- Graffiti - Open3116
- Traffic Sign Repair - Open3113
- Graffiti complaint / reporting3
- Graffiti - Open311
- Noise Pollution
- Parking Violation
- Licensing
- Zoning Ordinance
Minneapolis 311 (2026 public cases), last 14 days, mapped to official neighborhoods. Method.
On Reddit
Public posts from r/Minneapolis that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.
In r/Minneapolis lately: parks and schools.
- Loring Elementary
r/Minneapolis · Aug 2 · 6 upvotes · 6 comments
- What is going on with all these groups running around in matching outfits? And each group is in a different outfit? Seen in Loring Park/Downtown area.
r/Minneapolis · Aug 6 · 6 comments
The line above is a reading of the titles, not a verdict. Up to 3 links, last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Loring Park safe?
Loring Park is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 53 vs city 50). MPD logged 10.4 violent and 47.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 57.5 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Loring Park?
ACS median rent is $1,187 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 78% of households rent. Median home value is $236,207. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Loring Park walkable?
Walk is 54 here vs 22 for the Minneapolis set — some errands work on foot; some still need a ride. Inside 800 meters: 3 groceries, 8 cafes, 73 transit stops, 122 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Loring Park good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 6.8 / 10. Median age is 35.6. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Loring Park?
12 typical weekday minutes to Downtown. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.
How many people live in Loring Park?
About 10,789 people. Median income $54K. 57% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Loring Park?
Lowry Hill, Lowry Hill East, Downtown West sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Loring Park vs Lowry Hill.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Loring Park vs Lowry HillLoring Park vs Lowry Hill EastLoring Park vs Downtown West
45fit
Lowry Hill
$1K median rent
Mansions on the hill above the Walker. Quieter than the Wedge, still inner, still a walk to the lakes.
Family streetsWalk 11Safety 74
42fit
Seward
$986 median rent
Co-ops, the Midtown Greenway, and a river-adjacent grid south of the University. Progressive without downtown prices.
PlannedWalk 25Safety 42
37fit
Lowry Hill East
$1K median rent
The Wedge is the search term; Lowry Hill East is the official polygon. Hennepin bars on one edge, quieter streets on the other. Part of what people call Uptown.
NightlifeWalk 22Safety 0
36fit
East Isles
$1K median rent
Lake of the Isles on the west edge and Uptown on the east. Another official piece of the Uptown search.
NightlifeWaterfrontWalk 9Safety 21