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
Minneapolis/Powderhorn Park
35fit
Powderhorn Park
Official neighborhood: Powderhorn Park
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · MPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
The park is a bowl; the streets around it are still mixed. Safety scores tell you to weight it honestly.
powderhorn
Best in Minneapolis for familiesWalkable MinneapolisUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
26
102 violent · 388 property · 90.6 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-24 vs city set
Schools
7
Rating 6.2 / 10 nearby-42 vs city set
Walk
23
OSM: 10 groceries · 3 cafes · 60 transit · 20 parks+1 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,329 ACS median vs your rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
10
OSM: 3 cafes · 17 restaurants · 1 bars · 20 parks-12 vs city set
Commute to work
From Powderhorn Park, a typical weekday is 17 min to Downtown, 21 min to University, 23 min to Southwest. Not live traffic.
Downtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
17 min
Nicollet, Target Field · -2 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
University
21 min
Dinkytown, East Bank · -4 min vs the city-set median
Southwest
23 min
Uptown and the lakes · +5 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 $1,329 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 21% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($74K) could “afford” about $1,860 a month at 30% of pay.
44% of households rent. Median home value is $315,430.
ACS median rent
$1,329
30% income budget
$1,860
Rent / income
21%
Median home
$315,430
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Minneapolis city. Up 61% since 2014. Powderhorn Park is 3% 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, 3 cafes, 20 parks, and 60 transit stops.
A grocery run on foot is possible; some trips will still need a ride. Parks are close — 20 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (60 stops or stations).
3 cafes and 17 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
5,409
Median age
35.3
Median income
$74K
Renters
44%
Bachelor+
52%
Violent / 1k
18.9
Property / 1k
71.7
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 2 census tracts · MPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
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 a bowl; the streets around it are mixed. Mpls With Love is blunt: politically engaged, culturally diverse, still carrying 2020’s scars, with a global food scene and an affordability that the lakes do not have. Safety scores tell you to weight it honestly.
The lake in the park is a true commons. Housing is cheaper for a reason that is partly history and partly present. Weight cost and vibe. Come if that mix is the Minneapolis you wanted. Do not come expecting Linden Hills with murals.
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.
72 reports
- Parking Violation8
- Parking Violation - Open3117
- Exterior Nuisance7
- Animal - Livability6
- Abandoned Vehicle5
- Animal - Livability
- Parking Violation
- Animal - Public Health
- FIRE Commercial Exterior Nuisance
- Parking Violation - Open311
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 the police.
- Large police presence west of Powderhorn park
r/Minneapolis · Aug 1 · 82 upvotes · 21 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 Powderhorn Park safe?
Powderhorn Park shows more Part I than most of this Minneapolis set (safety 26 vs city 50). MPD logged 18.9 violent and 71.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 90.6 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Powderhorn Park?
ACS median rent is $1,329 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 44% of households rent. Median home value is $315,430. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Powderhorn Park walkable?
Walk is 23 here vs 22 for the Minneapolis set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 10 groceries, 3 cafes, 60 transit stops, 20 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Powderhorn Park good for families?
Family fit depends on the school rating nearby and how much quiet you want. Nearby school rating is 6.2 / 10. Median age is 35.3. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Powderhorn Park?
17 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 Powderhorn Park?
About 5,409 people. Median income $74K. 52% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Powderhorn Park?
Seward, Whittier, Lyndale sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Powderhorn Park vs Seward.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Powderhorn Park vs SewardPowderhorn Park vs WhittierPowderhorn Park vs Lyndale
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
32fit
Lyndale
$1K median rent
South of Whittier on the same grid. More houses, still a bus on Lyndale, still inner south.
NightlifeWalk 19Safety 11
30fit
Longfellow
$1K median rent
Hiawatha, the creek, and a south-east grid that still feels like a neighborhood. More house than loft.
Family streetsWalk 10Safety 5