Best PlacesArnegard, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Arnegard, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Arnegard ranks 9,584th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Arnegard
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.
Arnegard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Arnegard ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$124,098 median, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
Where Arnegard ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,063 a month, better than only 21% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Arnegard
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Arnegard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $124,098, 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 Arnegard's effective rate of 0.34%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Arnegard
Arnegard runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Arnegard.
Who works in Arnegard, and how
Work in Arnegard centers on mining & oil & gas and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Arnegard
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Arnegard.
What the weather is like in Arnegard, month by month
Arnegard sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 16° | 7° |
| April | 55° | 41° | 30° |
| July | 86° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 56° | 43° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Arnegard
The nearest airport, Williston Basin International, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 526 miles away.
The best schools in and around Arnegard
Schools across Arnegard average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Alexander Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Badlands Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Alexander High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Watford City High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Arnegard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Arnegard 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 Arnegard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Arnegard
Is Arnegard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Arnegard ranks 9,584th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, high incomes, and low property 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 Arnegard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $357,412. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $124,098 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Arnegard safe?
Arnegard is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $471 per resident a year.
Compare Arnegard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Arnegard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Arnegard 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.
Arnegard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Arnegard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Arnegard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Arnegard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Arnegard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Arnegard 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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