Best PlacesBeach, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beach, 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.
Beach ranks 7,957th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Beach
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.
Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beach ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 145 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
Where Beach ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cheap childcare$963 a month, better than only 27% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Beach
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,012, 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 Beach'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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Beach
Beach 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 Beach.
Who works in Beach, and how
Work in Beach centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Beach
Beach has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Beach, month by month
Beach sees roughly 145 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° | 40° | 29° |
| July | 86° | 70° | 56° |
| October | 57° | 43° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Beach
The nearest airport, Sidney-Richland Regional, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 489 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beach
Schools across Beach average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Golva Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Beach High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beach 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 Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Beach
Is Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beach ranks 7,957th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and the weather, 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 Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $123,989. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $84,012 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Beach safe?
Beach is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $462 per resident a year.
Compare Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beach 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.
Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beach 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.