State place rankings
Best Places in North Dakota
Compare places by General Quality score or population. Each place links to its sourced facts, scores, and local summary.
General Quality score
Best overall places
- st
West Fargo, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 41,175
- Median home value
- $321,900
- nd
Bismarck, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 77,963
- Median home value
- $300,300
- rd
Lincoln, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 4,493
- Median home value
- $278,900
- th
Thompson, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,100
- Median home value
- $281,900
- th
Grand Forks, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 60,365
- Median home value
- $249,900
- th
Mandan, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 25,061
- Median home value
- $259,800
- th
Minot, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 47,308
- Median home value
- $257,100
- th
Fargo, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 136,275
- Median home value
- $281,900
- th
Carrington, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,950
- Median home value
- $150,600
- th
Valley City, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 6,430
- Median home value
- $162,200
- th
Jamestown, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 15,688
- Median home value
- $199,800
- th
Northwood, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 959
- Median home value
- $208,200
- th
Frontier, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 193
- Median home value
- $385,300
- th
Kindred, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,044
- Median home value
- $297,800
- th
Dickinson, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 25,870
- Median home value
- $263,700
- th
Horace, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 7,001
- Median home value
- $414,500
- th
Hazen, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 2,314
- Median home value
- $190,300
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 880
- Median home value
- $475,600
- th
Kenmare, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 911
- Median home value
- $115,500
- th
Oxbow, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 371
- Median home value
- $680,100
- st
Burlington, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,350
- Median home value
- $243,500
- nd
Mapleton, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,496
- Median home value
- $310,200
- rd
Bowman, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,357
- Median home value
- $174,800
- th
Harwood, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 845
- Median home value
- $321,100
- th
Prairie Rose, ND
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 55
- Median home value
- $440,000
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by General Quality score. General Quality is a balanced livability composite spanning safety, affordability, healthcare, climate, education, jobs, mobility, outdoors, taxes, and other core factors.
Largest to smallest
Population-ranked places
- st
Fargo, ND
City
- Population
- 136,275
- Median home value
- $281,900
- Median rent
- $946
- nd
Bismarck, ND
City
- Population
- 77,963
- Median home value
- $300,300
- Median rent
- $999
- rd
Grand Forks, ND
City
- Population
- 60,365
- Median home value
- $249,900
- Median rent
- $980
- th
Minot, ND
City
- Population
- 47,308
- Median home value
- $257,100
- Median rent
- $973
- th
West Fargo, ND
City
- Population
- 41,175
- Median home value
- $321,900
- Median rent
- $1,111
- th
Williston, ND
City
- Population
- 29,522
- Median home value
- $286,200
- Median rent
- $1,122
- th
Dickinson, ND
City
- Population
- 25,870
- Median home value
- $263,700
- Median rent
- $957
- th
Mandan, ND
City
- Population
- 25,061
- Median home value
- $259,800
- Median rent
- $1,083
- th
Jamestown, ND
City
- Population
- 15,688
- Median home value
- $199,800
- Median rent
- $773
- th
Wahpeton, ND
City
- Population
- 8,141
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Median rent
- $751
- th
Devils Lake, ND
City
- Population
- 7,333
- Median home value
- $164,900
- Median rent
- $711
- th
Horace, ND
City
- Population
- 7,001
- Median home value
- $414,500
- Median rent
- $2,146
- th
Valley City, ND
City
- Population
- 6,430
- Median home value
- $162,200
- Median rent
- $780
- th
Watford City, ND
City
- Population
- 6,378
- Median home value
- $408,500
- Median rent
- $1,336
- th
Minot AFB, ND
Census-designated place
- Population
- 4,878
- Median home value
- Not available
- Median rent
- $1,431
- th
Lincoln, ND
City
- Population
- 4,493
- Median home value
- $278,900
- Median rent
- $950
- th
Grafton, ND
City
- Population
- 4,023
- Median home value
- $147,300
- Median rent
- $733
- th
Beulah, ND
City
- Population
- 3,077
- Median home value
- $203,300
- Median rent
- $1,075
- th
New Town, ND
City
- Population
- 2,715
- Median home value
- $207,600
- Median rent
- $851
- th
Casselton, ND
City
- Population
- 2,485
- Median home value
- $278,400
- Median rent
- $814
- st
Rugby, ND
City
- Population
- 2,412
- Median home value
- $131,800
- Median rent
- $853
- nd
Hazen, ND
City
- Population
- 2,314
- Median home value
- $190,300
- Median rent
- $918
- rd
Tioga, ND
City
- Population
- 2,221
- Median home value
- $199,600
- Median rent
- $1,092
- th
Lisbon, ND
City
- Population
- 2,184
- Median home value
- $192,100
- Median rent
- $649
- th
Stanley, ND
City
- Population
- 2,181
- Median home value
- $237,900
- Median rent
- $1,144
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by their latest available population estimate. Incorporated places and census-designated places are both eligible when they appear in the published location data.
Annual Census population estimates are used where available; ACS place estimates fill coverage gaps.