State Guide

Best Places to Live in North Dakota

The most affordable, safest, and highest-income cities across 406 North Dakota cities — ranked from official data.

Compare any two ND cities:

Choosing where to live in North Dakota comes down to a few trade-offs — cost of living, safety, income, and schools. The rankings below pull those out from U.S. Census, FBI, and NCES data so you can see the standouts at a glance, then drill into any city or put two side by side.

Most Affordable Cities in North Dakota

Lowest cost of living index (100 = U.S. average · lower is cheaper).

#	City	Cost of Living	Population
1	Grand Forks	86	58,935
2	Fargo	89	127,319
3	West Fargo	89	38,653
4	Bismarck	90	73,694
5	Mandan	90	24,049

Safest Cities in North Dakota

Lowest crime index (100 = U.S. average · lower is safer). Limited to cities with complete FBI reporting.

#	City	Crime Index	Population
1	West Fargo	45	38,653
2	Minot	77	48,038
3	Dickinson	79	25,116
4	Bismarck	90	73,694
5	Grand Forks	100	58,935
6	Williston	113	27,783
7	Fargo	149	127,319

Highest-Income Cities in North Dakota

Highest median household income (US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates).

#	City	Median Income	Population
1	West Fargo	$96,929	38,653
2	Williston	$80,352	27,783
3	Bismarck	$76,014	73,694
4	Dickinson	$75,767	25,116
5	Minot	$75,545	48,038
6	Fargo	$64,432	127,319
7	Grand Forks	$59,079	58,935

Best School Districts in North Dakota

Highest school-quality grade (student-teacher ratio, adult attainment, and graduation data where available).

#	City	School Grade	Population
1	West Fargo	A	38,653
2	Grand Forks	A	58,935
3	Fargo	A-	127,319
4	Bismarck	B+	73,694
5	Dickinson	B+	25,116
6	Minot	B	48,038
7	Williston	B-	27,783

Popular North Dakota City Comparisons

Head-to-head breakdowns of the state's largest cities.

Fargo vs Bismarck Fargo vs Grand Forks Fargo vs Minot Fargo vs West Fargo Fargo vs Williston Fargo vs Dickinson Fargo vs Mandan Bismarck vs Grand Forks Bismarck vs Minot Bismarck vs West Fargo Bismarck vs Williston Bismarck vs Dickinson

All Cities in North Dakota

Click any city for the full profile. Data from U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-Year Estimates).

City	Population	Median Income	Median Home	Median Rent	Unemployment	Crime Index
Fargo	127,319	$64,432	$254,900	$900	3.6%	149
Bismarck	73,694	$76,014	$283,800	$969	3.1%	90
Grand Forks	58,935	$59,079	$237,000	$927	3.7%	100
Minot	48,038	$75,545	$241,900	$937	3.7%	77
West Fargo	38,653	$96,929	$282,400	$1,049	0.8%	45
Williston	27,783	$80,352	$245,600	$1,095	2.9%	113
Dickinson	25,116	$75,767	$250,600	$974	3.0%	79
Mandan	24,049	$78,077	$244,700	$979	2.0%	95
Jamestown	15,850	$53,389	$185,300	$739	5.7%	40
Wahpeton	7,983	$51,417	$152,600	$732	2.8%	79
Devils Lake	7,192	$41,203	$161,400	$664	1.1%	154
Valley City	6,558	$52,224	$142,000	$776	4.0%	42
Watford City	5,900	$84,076	$350,500	$1,285	2.2%	79
Minot AFB	4,943	$72,237	—	$1,458	3.7%	63
Lincoln	4,209	$83,947	$250,000	—	2.5%	19
Grafton	4,161	$59,696	$110,200	$646	3.3%	19
Horace	3,464	$146,184	$428,300	$831	0.6%	125
Beulah	3,063	$90,655	$216,900	$1,051	0.6%	26
New Town	2,714	$56,176	$181,400	$840	3.9%	33
Rugby	2,654	$54,852	$155,800	$765	0.6%	47
Hazen	2,569	$79,231	$176,900	$1,040	4.1%	14
Casselton	2,496	$61,861	$281,600	$752	1.4%	125
Stanley	2,189	$101,351	$208,600	$1,142	3.3%	56
Carrington	2,161	$62,240	$146,700	$703	0.0%	12
Lisbon	2,159	$61,250	$128,700	$738	4.5%	31
Oakes	2,125	$64,931	$159,700	$686	4.0%	0
Grand Forks AFB	2,113	$70,500	—	$1,563	2.1%	91
Bottineau	2,104	$67,723	$161,200	$720	6.7%	36
Mayville	2,102	$67,813	$176,400	$748	3.6%	13
Belcourt	1,772	$61,250	$95,500	$791	8.0%	13
Harvey	1,767	$43,864	$125,000	$587	2.0%	16
Langdon	1,717	$58,939	$135,000	$663	0.0%	23
Hillsboro	1,655	$76,076	$170,000	$617	1.6%	13
Bowman	1,646	$73,309	$177,800	$861	4.4%	24
Surrey	1,583	$100,104	$286,500	—	3.8%	63
Park River	1,556	$70,764	$107,200	$900	1.0%	26
Garrison	1,524	$70,813	$178,900	$705	0.9%	44
Washburn	1,463	$70,268	$207,200	$822	0.0%	30
New Rockford	1,421	$38,393	$96,500	$604	3.0%	27
Tioga	1,376	$63,920	$171,300	$950	4.9%	38
Cavalier	1,360	$55,387	$130,600	$762	10.4%	17
Larimore	1,343	$70,568	$157,300	$649	1.5%	91
Burlington	1,308	$87,417	$235,500	$942	5.2%	63
Cando	1,218	$53,400	$155,000	$644	2.4%	45
Parshall	1,217	$44,904	$147,100	$674	2.5%	34
Rolla	1,190	$58,036	$103,500	$688	9.3%	44
Shell Valley	1,183	$42,029	$59,200	$348	10.0%	13
Mapleton	1,151	$108,375	$245,600	—	1.7%	125
Crosby	1,105	$82,656	$120,400	$1,061	3.7%	13
Hettinger	1,096	$55,192	$114,100	$536	1.3%	30
Thompson	1,052	$108,333	$256,300	$725	0.2%	—
Velva	1,050	$75,147	$180,000	$712	2.4%	37
Fort Totten	1,042	$30,234	$36,200	$377	6.2%	8
Enderlin	1,030	$58,403	$109,700	$835	4.4%	23
Kenmare	1,016	$59,063	$122,400	$792	2.0%	63
Ellendale	997	$37,228	$101,300	$779	4.7%	0
Beach	957	$71,500	$151,600	$854	8.8%	45
Kindred	957	$92,404	$286,900	$689	3.5%	125
Wishek	951	$61,953	$101,100	$640	0.0%	—
New Salem	939	$70,469	$171,200	$871	3.2%	83
Northwood	936	$88,125	$194,500	$724	0.0%	91
Reile's Acres	914	$202,500	$419,700	—	9.7%	125
Walhalla	910	$28,542	$103,000	$587	4.3%	17
Cannon Ball	896	$31,500	$205,000	$420	22.7%	0
Linton	886	$49,135	$88,400	$618	3.4%	34
Dunseith	858	$48,820	$40,900	$618	2.6%	13
Gwinner	852	$66,500	$144,000	$913	3.6%	15
Steele	816	$56,563	$146,300	$752	0.0%	8
Drayton	812	$68,971	$96,900	$584	3.2%	17
New England	810	$70,735	$145,400	$844	6.9%	31
Napoleon	808	$59,318	$81,400	$725	0.5%	3
Cooperstown	803	$53,224	$92,200	$497	1.7%	15
Hankinson	790	$57,031	$103,600	$619	3.6%	47
Green Acres	789	$50,197	—	$429	0.0%	13
Ray	768	$65,208	$172,500	$871	0.3%	101
Richardton	768	$62,500	$169,200	$570	0.0%	70
Harwood	759	$139,750	$278,200	—	0.8%	125
Killdeer	757	$77,069	$286,500	$865	2.2%	72
Hebron	754	$55,781	$101,100	$778	0.9%	83
Glen Ullin	739	$43,214	$98,000	$795	7.1%	83
Underwood	732	$72,917	$190,700	$684	6.9%	30
Lidgerwood	713	$46,950	$74,100	$699	2.3%	47
Belfield	700	$77,850	$152,700	$1,115	5.3%	70
Mandaree	684	$63,750	$103,100	$758	6.1%	59
Edgeley	678	$42,500	$99,100	$515	0.0%	6
Wilton	675	$79,479	$197,000	$808	1.5%	30
LaMoure	674	$69,375	$122,700	$729	1.5%	6
Milnor	666	$82,589	$114,100	$589	0.5%	15
Lakota	655	$60,862	$135,900	$565	2.8%	16
Elgin	649	$53,750	$108,900	$638	5.5%	—
Hatton	642	$67,500	$119,400	$595	2.7%	13
Mott	616	$45,417	$66,500	$946	1.1%	31
Ashley	614	$38,393	$49,500	$534	0.0%	26
Mohall	609	$62,292	$155,700	$850	2.3%	30
Minto	608	$68,636	$101,800	$650	6.9%	26
Forman	587	$65,000	$144,400	$688	1.0%	15
Trenton	575	$100,625	—	$716	0.0%	101
Argusville	573	$153,516	$343,100	—	1.8%	125
Portland	562	$77,250	$186,600	$507	1.4%	13
Center	554	$56,250	$165,900	$564	4.6%	10
Pembina	552	$85,795	$122,200	$681	4.9%	17
Fessenden	550	$64,052	$63,500	$702	2.1%	18
Stanton	548	$56,042	$112,500	$485	2.7%	14
Strasburg	510	$43,438	$80,000	$520	2.5%	34
Wyndmere	505	$80,427	$139,600	—	4.5%	47
Turtle Lake	503	$58,125	$122,500	$815	0.0%	30
Glenburn	490	$81,250	$165,100	$1,042	1.0%	30
South Heart	489	$133,281	$309,600	$770	0.0%	70
Kulm	467	$88,125	$78,300	$650	3.2%	6
East Dunseith	459	$15,673	$89,000	$340	18.0%	13
Rolette	456	$56,250	$89,000	$570	0.0%	98
Towner	456	$51,500	$90,300	$99	13.0%	37
Berthold	455	$88,625	$220,000	$667	0.5%	63
Dunn Center	447	$90,000	$152,500	$896	5.8%	13
Leeds	438	$72,188	$81,600	$605	2.5%	8
Manvel	417	$88,125	$181,300	$1,125	1.4%	91
Emerado	416	$64,271	$146,400	$753	3.3%	90
Reynolds	396	$85,417	$139,700	—	2.0%	13
Neche	390	$78,333	$87,400	—	4.8%	17
Buxton	379	$98,333	$175,000	$688	1.7%	13
Gilby	376	$71,786	$75,600	$742	0.0%	91
Maddock	369	$41,042	$48,800	$538	2.5%	8
Scranton	369	$79,375	$130,900	$738	4.2%	13
Westhope	360	$66,667	$104,400	—	0.0%	36
Oxbow	354	$161,250	$571,400	—	0.0%	125
McVille	341	$65,000	$83,300	$542	0.0%	16
Arthur	338	$81,750	$214,500	$644	2.5%	125
Fairmount	337	$54,167	$65,200	$379	9.3%	47
Munich	337	$59,625	$108,200	$715	0.6%	23
Grenora	329	—	$93,100	—	1.9%	101
Halliday	316	$60,833	$131,300	$1,077	0.0%	13
Hope	316	$56,563	$107,500	$598	5.4%	0
Walcott	316	$89,375	$146,600	$1,091	2.5%	47
Michigan City	312	$71,875	$82,500	$967	0.0%	16
Gackle	309	$57,500	$85,000	—	4.8%	3
McClusky	307	$48,000	$75,800	$392	1.8%	35
St. Thomas	301	$82,500	$67,900	$538	0.0%	17
Drake	297	$43,750	$67,600	$708	15.6%	37
Edmore	296	$65,291	$80,100	$775	0.7%	15
Tower City	296	$93,125	$166,300	$531	0.5%	125
Finley	291	$71,458	$67,300	$617	3.9%	0
Anamoose	290	$70,833	$58,900	—	9.8%	37
Carson	288	$43,750	$62,500	$436	1.4%	—
Tappen	286	$46,250	—	$800	2.6%	8
Bowbells	285	$86,875	$115,300	$496	0.0%	13
Hunter	283	$72,708	$126,100	$594	2.4%	125
Granville	279	$96,250	$101,700	$1,014	1.4%	37
Kensal	277	$76,500	$93,300	$856	0.0%	36
Apple Valley	274	$99,375	$239,800	—	17.6%	77
Abercrombie	261	$63,250	$120,800	—	1.7%	47
Sawyer	261	$74,375	$163,300	$1,000	0.7%	63
Leonard	260	$70,313	$147,700	$592	5.6%	125
Colfax	259	$99,375	$143,800	—	2.9%	47
Logan	258	$108,750	$513,900	—	0.0%	63
Gladstone	256	$80,625	$200,900	—	5.2%	70
Davenport	253	$91,875	$195,800	—	0.0%	125
Medina	253	$39,688	$67,100	$606	0.0%	36
Powers Lake	252	$78,750	$206,600	$1,088	7.3%	13
Four Bears Village	251	$28,409	$82,500	$610	0.0%	59
Benedict	243	$57,007	$249,000	—	0.0%	30
Hoople	239	$73,542	$95,000	$1,104	6.8%	26
Sherwood	236	$64,375	$55,000	$725	0.0%	30
Harmon	235	$95,962	$461,300	—	0.0%	83
Plaza	231	$76,607	$120,300	$1,047	0.0%	34
Lansford	230	$72,500	$156,300	$683	2.9%	36
Fordville	227	$75,875	$72,300	—	0.8%	26
Flasher	224	$42,188	$75,000	—	1.9%	83
Golden Valley	224	$87,917	$115,100	$1,313	7.4%	14
Sheyenne	222	$42,321	$53,900	$511	2.3%	27
Wing	221	$82,946	$75,000	$475	0.0%	77
Selfridge	219	$48,333	$43,800	$538	15.4%	0
St. John	216	—	—	$717	3.7%	13
Hazelton	214	$48,125	$72,300	$900	1.8%	34
Alexander	213	$85,833	$310,000	—	6.6%	59
Des Lacs	200	$78,750	$124,100	—	0.0%	63
Lignite	200	$90,000	$95,500	$825	0.0%	13
White Shield	200	$63,929	$185,000	$525	2.1%	30
Bowdon	198	—	$38,800	—	0.0%	18
Edinburg	195	$54,167	$87,500	$578	0.0%	26
Oriska	193	$79,375	$68,500	—	4.4%	31
Page	193	$73,438	$86,900	$472	4.5%	125
Ross	188	$79,069	—	$1,353	7.1%	34
Taylor	186	$91,000	$180,400	$590	8.1%	70
Max	185	$68,194	$152,900	—	0.0%	30
Upham	183	$57,500	$24,900	—	20.5%	37
Riverdale	182	$86,250	$219,000	—	0.0%	30
Amenia	181	$83,125	$185,800	—	2.9%	125
Rhame	181	$73,750	$107,800	—	6.6%	13
Binford	178	$46,250	$55,000	—	0.0%	15
Frontier	175	$116,250	$374,200	—	6.4%	125
Osnabrock	175	$35,430	$72,000	$1,086	2.0%	23
Christine	166	$84,750	$250,000	—	0.0%	47
Minnewaukan	163	$81,250	$108,300	$707	2.7%	8
Spiritwood Lake	162	$188,000	—	—	0.0%	36
Zap	161	—	$93,300	$933	0.0%	14
New Leipzig	159	$51,250	$78,800	—	1.2%	—
Mooreton	157	$69,063	$110,900	$475	1.3%	47
Brooktree Park	156	$191,118	$355,300	—	0.0%	125
Wimbledon	156	$73,750	$103,100	$583	16.7%	31
Arnegard	155	$111,313	$259,800	—	8.6%	59
Sheldon	155	$50,000	$51,900	—	2.8%	23
Litchville	152	$41,875	$147,500	$675	0.0%	31
Medora	151	$64,643	—	$633	5.1%	2
Aneta	150	$29,911	$54,300	$375	1.4%	16
Almont	149	$120,000	$37,200	—	0.0%	83
Regent	149	$65,625	$57,100	$800	0.0%	31
Tolna	149	$50,000	$115,600	$504	0.0%	16
Grandin	148	$83,125	$146,900	$560	2.3%	125
Carpio	146	$61,500	$101,800	—	0.0%	63
Fort Yates	144	$72,813	$49,000	—	11.8%	0
Noonan	142	$61,528	$90,800	—	15.1%	13
Ruthville	142	—	$11,800	—	8.0%	63
Buffalo	136	$66,250	$147,200	$533	3.0%	125
Fingal	136	$51,667	$56,000	—	1.0%	31
Golva	131	$93,077	$114,800	—	0.0%	45
Palermo	131	$64,375	—	$788	1.6%	34
Petersburg	131	$53,750	$104,500	$950	0.0%	16
Portal	130	$109,643	$77,700	$629	8.3%	13
Sanborn	128	$75,114	$55,500	—	10.3%	31
Cleveland	119	$49,028	—	—	1.9%	36
East Fairview	119	—	—	—	0.0%	59
Marion	119	$70,625	$92,000	$608	2.0%	6
Verona	119	$75,417	$61,300	—	0.0%	6
Wildrose	119	$89,375	$86,700	—	0.0%	101
Forest River	117	$65,000	$82,900	—	0.0%	26
Porcupine	116	$54,583	—	$783	27.0%	0
Lankin	115	—	$68,800	—	0.0%	26
Ryder	114	$35,938	$53,800	—	6.8%	63
Blacktail	113	—	—	—	0.0%	101
Cogswell	113	$68,750	$38,300	—	3.1%	15
Epping	113	—	$185,300	—	24.0%	101
Adams	112	$48,750	$65,000	$638	6.7%	26
Pisek	112	$38,750	—	—	2.3%	26
McGregor	111	—	—	—	0.0%	101
Mercer	109	$109,000	$170,000	—	5.9%	30
Hague	108	—	$99,500	—	0.0%	34
Crary	107	$92,500	—	—	0.0%	15
Rocklake	107	$57,143	$75,000	$515	0.0%	45
Esmond	106	—	$58,300	$641	25.0%	8
Fort Ransom	106	$80,000	$168,800	$633	4.1%	23
Goodrich	105	$72,969	$48,900	$588	4.3%	35
Landa	105	$76,250	—	—	29.3%	36
Pick City	105	$46,250	$129,200	—	12.2%	14
Deering	102	$67,708	$105,700	—	0.0%	37
Montpelier	99	$69,107	—	—	0.0%	36
Maxbass	98	$65,208	—	—	0.0%	36
Warwick	98	$46,667	—	$695	0.0%	8
Mountain	97	$26,250	$86,300	—	20.0%	17
Crystal	96	—	$59,100	—	2.3%	17
Dodge	96	$61,250	$92,500	—	3.0%	13
Zeeland	96	—	$21,900	—	0.0%	26
Marmarth	93	$58,661	$39,900	$506	2.6%	3
Sykeston	92	$48,750	$55,000	—	13.8%	18
Willow City	91	$69,000	$45,000	$621	0.0%	36
Streeter	90	$38,750	$57,200	—	0.0%	36
Coleharbor	89	$48,125	$97,500	—	0.0%	30
Dickey	89	$106,786	$187,500	—	0.0%	6
Havana	88	$98,750	$92,500	—	0.0%	15
Regan	88	$70,500	$93,000	—	0.0%	77
Douglas	87	$106,250	$55,000	—	0.0%	63
Hannaford	87	$53,750	$67,000	$479	0.0%	15
Makoti	86	$49,000	$81,800	—	5.7%	63
Reeder	86	$33,750	$44,200	$825	0.0%	30
Dazey	83	$41,375	—	—	0.0%	31
Egeland	83	—	—	—	0.0%	45
Buchanan	82	$104,375	$162,500	—	0.0%	36
Kathryn	82	$50,833	$83,800	—	0.0%	31
Rutland	82	$84,688	$83,000	$525	2.4%	15
Donnybrook	76	$45,781	$108,300	—	0.0%	63
White Earth	76	$75,625	—	—	20.0%	34
Glenfield	74	$55,357	$41,800	—	0.0%	14
Solen	74	—	$14,200	—	15.8%	0
Lehr	73	$43,750	$48,600	$581	4.5%	26
Dawson	72	—	$151,300	—	2.1%	8
Butte	71	$50,417	$153,100	—	20.0%	30
Gardner	71	$116,250	$218,800	—	0.0%	125
Alamo	70	—	$116,700	—	15.0%	101
Pingree	70	$110,417	$121,900	—	0.0%	36
Caledonia	69	—	$80,900	—	0.0%	13
Pekin	68	$55,625	$65,000	$775	10.0%	16
Columbus	66	$84,375	$119,600	—	0.0%	13
Selz	66	$72,109	$44,400	—	0.0%	6
Clifford	65	$83,750	$90,000	$486	0.0%	13
Sharon	65	—	—	—	0.0%	0
Menoken	64	$96,250	$238,900	—	2.9%	77
Bisbee	63	$31,875	$78,300	—	10.3%	45
Driscoll	63	$41,447	$91,400	—	0.0%	77
Foxholm	63	$121,250	$212,500	—	0.0%	63
Fullerton	63	$81,250	$62,900	—	0.0%	0
Galesburg	63	$88,333	$93,300	—	0.0%	13
Newburg	61	$54,286	$76,700	$469	6.1%	36
Pettibone	61	$53,750	$45,000	—	0.0%	8
Milton	60	$101,875	$85,000	—	2.7%	23
McHenry	58	$2,499	—	—	0.0%	14
Wheatland	58	—	—	—	0.0%	125
Martin	57	$52,875	$83,800	—	0.0%	35
Souris	57	$66,250	—	—	0.0%	36
Briarwood	56	$153,750	$562,500	—	0.0%	125
Balta	55	$42,750	$81,800	—	19.2%	6
Dwight	54	$136,250	$181,300	—	6.1%	47
Fortuna	54	$2,499	$31,500	—	0.0%	13
Karlsruhe	54	—	$75,000	—	14.8%	37
Courtenay	53	$50,938	$88,800	—	0.0%	36
Tuttle	53	$39,375	—	$479	0.0%	8
Jessie	52	—	—	—	21.1%	15
Barney	51	$51,250	$80,000	—	3.4%	47
Berlin	51	$120,000	$48,300	—	0.0%	6
Nome	51	$69,375	$45,000	—	0.0%	31
North River	51	$137,500	$322,200	—	0.0%	79
Manning	50	—	—	—	0.0%	13
Bucyrus	49	$148,542	$164,600	—	0.0%	30
Grace City	49	—	$50,000	—	9.1%	14
Long Creek	49	—	—	—	0.0%	101
Bathgate	48	—	$42,500	—	3.8%	17
Erie	47	$136,250	—	—	17.2%	125
Jud	47	$69,583	$71,300	$483	0.0%	6
Robinson	46	—	—	—	22.2%	8
Woodworth	46	$39,250	$55,000	$425	0.0%	36
Sentinel Butte	45	$36,875	$63,300	—	0.0%	45
Alice	44	$117,857	—	—	0.0%	125
Flaxton	44	—	$35,000	—	0.0%	13
Voltaire	43	—	$207,500	—	0.0%	37
McLeod	42	$66,944	$87,800	—	0.0%	23
Rogers	41	$71,625	—	—	5.7%	31
Sutton	41	—	—	—	0.0%	15
Cayuga	40	$81,250	$85,000	—	6.7%	15
Englevale	40	—	—	—	0.0%	23
Canton City (Hensel)	39	—	$28,800	—	0.0%	17
Heimdal	39	—	—	—	0.0%	18
Haynes	38	$48,021	$52,900	—	0.0%	30
Oberon	38	$50,417	$42,500	—	0.0%	8
Elliott	37	$50,000	$76,700	—	15.4%	23
Gardena	37	—	—	—	0.0%	36
Prairie Rose	36	$130,625	$341,700	—	0.0%	125
Mantador	34	$48,750	—	—	0.0%	47
Luverne	33	—	—	—	0.0%	0
Starkweather	33	—	$83,000	—	0.0%	15
Wolford	33	—	—	—	0.0%	6
Brocket	32	$96,250	—	—	0.0%	15
Embden	32	—	—	—	0.0%	125
Amidon	31	$31,458	—	—	0.0%	3
Great Bend	31	$46,250	$52,500	—	0.0%	47
Leith	31	—	—	—	4.5%	—
Niagara	31	$83,750	$76,700	—	0.0%	91
Springbrook	31	—	—	—	0.0%	101
Hamilton	30	$87,813	$28,300	—	0.0%	17
Knox	30	$65,833	$140,000	—	100.0%	8
Ambrose	29	$71,563	—	—	0.0%	13
Hampden	29	—	—	—	0.0%	15
Dahlen	28	—	—	—	0.0%	16
Ludden	27	$94,500	—	—	0.0%	0
Inkster	26	—	—	—	0.0%	91
Fredonia	25	$61,250	$55,000	—	0.0%	3
Hurdsfield	25	$86,250	—	—	0.0%	18
Kramer	25	$36,964	$108,900	—	0.0%	36
Gascoyne	24	$87,500	$112,500	—	0.0%	13
Loma	24	—	$137,500	—	0.0%	23
Hansboro	23	$33,438	—	—	0.0%	45
Alsen	22	$86,250	—	—	0.0%	23
Cathay	22	$35,000	—	—	0.0%	18
Spiritwood	22	—	—	—	0.0%	36
Ardoch	20	—	$11,900	—	7.1%	26
De Lamere	20	$61,250	$67,500	—	0.0%	15
Forbes	20	$91,667	—	—	0.0%	0
Brinsmade	19	$51,250	$9,999	—	0.0%	8
Monango	19	—	—	—	0.0%	0
Denhoff	18	$61,250	$250,000	—	0.0%	35
Lawton	18	—	$14,200	—	0.0%	15
Nekoma	18	$112,500	—	—	0.0%	23
Sarles	18	—	$9,999	—	0.0%	23
Sibley	18	$53,333	$166,700	—	0.0%	31
Fairdale	17	$26,250	—	—	25.0%	26
Perth	17	$158,125	—	—	0.0%	45
Braddock	16	$56,250	$37,000	—	0.0%	34
Overly	16	$33,125	$44,200	—	0.0%	36
Venturia	16	—	—	—	0.0%	26
Ayr	15	—	—	—	0.0%	125
Hamberg	15	—	$9,999	—	0.0%	18
Calvin	14	$121,875	—	—	0.0%	23
Tolley	14	—	$132,500	—	0.0%	30
York	14	—	—	—	0.0%	8
Antler	13	$42,917	—	—	0.0%	36
Balfour	13	$43,125	—	—	0.0%	37
Conway	13	$46,250	—	—	0.0%	26
Kief	13	—	—	—	0.0%	37
Mylo	12	—	—	—	0.0%	13
Hannah	11	$2,499	—	—	0.0%	23
Auburn	10	—	—	—	—	26
Raleigh	10	$114,688	$9,999	—	0.0%	—
Leal	9	—	—	—	0.0%	31
Pillsbury	9	—	$206,300	—	—	31
Ypsilanti	9	—	—	—	—	36
Loraine	8	—	—	—	0.0%	30
Wales	8	—	—	—	0.0%	23
Nash	7	—	—	—	0.0%	26
Calio	6	$208,750	$325,000	—	0.0%	23
Bantry	5	—	—	—	0.0%	37
Heil	4	—	—	—	—	—
Larson	4	—	—	—	—	13
Ruso	4	—	—	—	0.0%	30
Churchs Ferry	2	—	—	—	0.0%	15
Grano	2	—	—	—	0.0%	30
Barton	0	—	—	—	—	6
Bergen	0	—	—	—	—	37
Blanchard	0	—	—	—	—	13
Orrin	0	—	—	—	—	6

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most affordable city in North Dakota?

Grand Forks, ND is among the most affordable cities in North Dakota, with a cost of living index of 86 (US average = 100) and a median home value of $237,000. See the full ranking above.

What is the safest city in North Dakota?

West Fargo, ND ranks among the safest cities in North Dakota, with a crime index of 45 (100 = U.S. average, lower is safer). Crime data from the FBI UCR Program.

Which North Dakota city has the highest median income?

West Fargo, ND has one of the highest median household incomes in North Dakota at $96,929 per year. Source: US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates.