Best PlacesBantry, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bantry, 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.
Bantry ranks 32,045th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bantry
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.
Bantry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bantry ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
Where Bantry ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bantry
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bantry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,664, 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 Bantry's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bantry
Bantry 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 Bantry.
Who works in Bantry, and how
Work in Bantry centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Bantry
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bantry.
What the weather is like in Bantry, month by month
Bantry sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 18, with lows near 2. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18° | 10° | 2° |
| April | 49° | 37° | 27° |
| July | 81° | 68° | 57° |
| October | 52° | 41° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Bantry
The nearest airport, Minot International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 428 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bantry
Schools across Bantry average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tgu-towner Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Tgu-towner High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bantry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bantry 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 Bantry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bantry
Is Bantry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bantry ranks 32,045th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on noise and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bantry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $120,542. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $81,664 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Bantry safe?
Bantry is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $473 per resident a year.
Compare Bantry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bantry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bantry 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.
Bantry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bantry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bantry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bantry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bantry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bantry 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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