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/Prospect Park
44fit
Prospect Park
Official neighborhood: Prospect Park - East River Road
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · MPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
The Witch's Hat tower and a pocket of houses east of campus. Official name is Prospect Park - East River Road.
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Best in Minneapolis for familiesWalkable MinneapolisUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
68
31 violent · 346 property · 43.7 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)+18 vs city set
Schools
54
Rating 7.5 / 10 nearby+5 vs city set
Walk
16
OSM: 3 groceries · 4 cafes · 58 transit · 20 parks-6 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,407 ACS median vs your rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
16
OSM: 4 cafes · 37 restaurants · 2 bars · 20 parks-6 vs city set
Commute to work
From Prospect Park, a typical weekday is 17 min to Downtown, 11 min to University, 34 min to Southwest. Not live traffic.
University is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
17 min
Nicollet, Target Field · -2 min vs the city-set median
University
11 min
Dinkytown, East Bank · -14 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Southwest
34 min
Uptown and the lakes · +16 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 $1,407 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 35% of median household income — over the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($49K) could “afford” about $1,215 a month at 30% of pay.
80% of households rent. Median home value is $528,136.
ACS median rent
$1,407
30% income budget
$1,215
Rent / income
35%
Median home
$528,136
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Minneapolis city. Up 61% since 2014. Prospect Park is 3% above 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, 4 cafes, 20 parks, and 58 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 (58 stops or stations).
4 cafes and 37 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
8,619
Median age
24.3
Median income
$49K
Renters
80%
Bachelor+
78%
Violent / 1k
3.6
Property / 1k
40.1
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 2 census tracts · MPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
Family streets
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 Witch’s Hat tower and a pocket of houses east of campus. Official name: Prospect Park–East River Road. It is a hill, a historic district, and a quieter read than Dinkytown with the same university gravity.
You will walk to campus or you will wonder why you live here. The river road is the amenity. Weight family relative to Marcy-Holmes. Students spill over; they do not own the hill.
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.
56 reports
- Parking Violation - Open31113
- Parking Violation9
- Exterior Nuisance4
- Graffiti - Open3113
- Graffiti complaint / reporting2
- Parking Violation - Open311
- Parking Violation - Open311
- Parking Violation - Open311
- Graffiti complaint / reporting
- Suspicious Activity
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 Prospect Park.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Prospect Park safe?
Prospect Park is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 68 vs city 50). MPD logged 3.6 violent and 40.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 43.7 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Prospect Park?
ACS median rent is $1,407 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 80% of households rent. Median home value is $528,136. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Prospect Park walkable?
Walk is 16 here vs 22 for the Minneapolis set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 3 groceries, 4 cafes, 58 transit stops, 20 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Prospect Park good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.5 / 10. Median age is 24.3. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Prospect 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 Prospect Park?
About 8,619 people. Median income $49K. 78% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Prospect Park?
Marcy-Holmes, Longfellow, Seward sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Prospect Park vs Marcy-Holmes.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Prospect Park vs Marcy-HolmesProspect Park vs LongfellowProspect Park vs Seward
46fit
Marcy-Holmes
$1K median rent
Dinkytown is the search term; Marcy Holmes is the official neighborhood. Students, the river, and a short walk to campus.
NightlifePlannedWalk 22Safety 58
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
35fit
Powderhorn Park
$1K median rent
The park is a bowl; the streets around it are still mixed. Safety scores tell you to weight it honestly.
Walk 23Safety 26
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