65fit
Loring Park
$1K median rent
The park is the living room; downtown is a walk. Apartment density without the warehouse look of the North Loop.
WaterfrontWalk 54Safety 53
Minneapolis/Lowry Hill East
37fit
Lowry Hill East
Official neighborhood: Lowry Hill East
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · MPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
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.
the wedgewedgeuptown
Best in Minneapolis for familiesWalkable MinneapolisUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
0
63 violent · 543 property · 122.2 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-50 vs city set
Schools
43
Rating 7.2 / 10 nearby-6 vs city set
Walk
22
OSM: 10 groceries · 19 cafes · 40 transit · 14 parks0 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,250 ACS median vs your rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
27
OSM: 19 cafes · 46 restaurants · 10 bars · 14 parks+5 vs city set
Commute to work
From Lowry Hill East, a typical weekday is 14 min to Downtown, 23 min to University, 17 min to Southwest. Not live traffic.
Downtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
14 min
Nicollet, Target Field · -5 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
University
23 min
Dinkytown, East Bank · -2 min vs the city-set median
Southwest
17 min
Uptown and the lakes · -1 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 $1,250 — 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 ($58K) could “afford” about $1,454 a month at 30% of pay.
90% of households rent. Median home value is $442,200.
ACS median rent
$1,250
30% income budget
$1,454
Rent / income
26%
Median home
$442,200
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Minneapolis city. Up 61% since 2014. Lowry Hill East is 9% 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: 10 groceries, 19 cafes, 14 parks, and 40 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 14 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (40 stops or stations).
19 cafes and 46 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Minneapolis set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 17 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
4,958
Median age
28.1
Median income
$58K
Renters
90%
Bachelor+
62%
Violent / 1k
12.7
Property / 1k
109.5
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 1 census tract · MPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
Nightlife
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 Wedge is the search term; Lowry Hill East is the official polygon. Hennepin bars on one edge, quieter streets on the other. Mpls With Love calls out young professionals, duplexes, noise, and parking as the deal. This is the Uptown people mean when they say they lived in Uptown.
Old building stock, some of it tired. Lakes are a walk west. Weight nightlife and walk. If the bars are the point, stay. If you wanted the lake as a front yard, East Isles and East Bde Maka Ska are the next official pieces of the same myth.
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.
76 reports
- Parking Violation - Open31127
- Abandoned Vehicle4
- Plan Review Callback3
- Graffiti complaint / reporting3
- Graffiti - Open3113
- Traffic Sign Repair - Open311
- Rental License Followup
- Parking Violation - Open311
- Commercial/Mixed Conditions
- Plan Review Callback
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.
No r/Minneapolis posts in this snapshot mentioned Lowry Hill East.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Lowry Hill East safe?
Lowry Hill East shows more Part I than most of this Minneapolis set (safety 0 vs city 50). MPD logged 12.7 violent and 109.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 122.2 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Lowry Hill East?
ACS median rent is $1,250 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 90% of households rent. Median home value is $442,200. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Lowry Hill East walkable?
Walk is 22 here vs 22 for the Minneapolis set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 10 groceries, 19 cafes, 40 transit stops, 14 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Lowry Hill East good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 7.2 / 10. Median age is 28.1. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Lowry Hill East?
14 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 Lowry Hill East?
About 4,958 people. Median income $58K. 62% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Lowry Hill East?
East Isles, Whittier, Loring Park sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Lowry Hill East vs East Isles.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Lowry Hill East vs East IslesLowry Hill East vs WhittierLowry Hill East vs Loring Park
45fit
Whittier
$1K median rent
Eat Street on Nicollet and a mix of old apartments. Denser and more restless than the Wedge.
NightlifeWalk 27Safety 47
44fit
South Uptown
$1K median rent
Formerly CARAG. The south half of the Uptown bar shed, with more houses than Lowry Hill East.
NightlifeWalk 19Safety 63
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
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