Best places to live in North Dakota
1 North Dakota metro scored on the default family weighting — schools and safety heaviest, then affordability, climate, college pipeline and jobs. Change the weights on the ranking engine to see your own order.
Who lives in North Dakota
Population-weighted racial and ethnic composition across the 1 tracked North Dakota metro, from Census ACS table B03002.
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.8%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 3.9%
- Black (non-Hispanic)
- 6.4%
- Asian (non-Hispanic)
- 2.8%
- Other or two or more
- 5.1%
Diversity index 40/100 — how evenly the population is spread across these groups. It is descriptive, not a judgement: weight it up, down or to zero on the ranking engine.
| # | Metro | Score | US rank | Typical home | Schools | Safety | Climate | Diversity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fargo | 48.5 | #58 of 103 | $330k | 67 | 61 | 1° / 82° | 40 |
Figures are compiled estimates. Methodology and sources.