Best PlacesAmidon, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Amidon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Amidon ranks 13,425th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Amidon
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Amidon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Amidon ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Amidon ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Amidon
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Amidon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,292, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Amidon's effective rate of 0.41%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Amidon
Amidon runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Amidon.
Who works in Amidon, and how
Work in Amidon centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Amidon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Amidon.
What the weather is like in Amidon, month by month
Amidon sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 19° | 11° |
| April | 55° | 41° | 31° |
| July | 86° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 58° | 44° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Amidon
The nearest airport, Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 463 miles away.
The best schools in and around Amidon
Schools across Amidon average a B−, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Little Powder ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Marmarth Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Rhame Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Sheridan High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Beach High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Bowman Co High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Amidon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Amidon measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Amidon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Amidon
Is Amidon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Amidon ranks 13,425th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Amidon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,781. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $72,292 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Amidon safe?
Amidon is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $469 per resident a year.
Compare Amidon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Amidon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Amidon represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Amidon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Amidon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Amidon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Amidon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Amidon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Amidon detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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