Best PlacesBlanchard, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Blanchard, 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.
Blanchard ranks 6,881st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Blanchard
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.
Blanchard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Blanchard ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$109,362 median, better than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
Where Blanchard ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Blanchard
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Blanchard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,362, 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 Blanchard's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Blanchard
Blanchard runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Blanchard.
Who works in Blanchard, and how
Work in Blanchard centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Blanchard
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Blanchard.
What the weather is like in Blanchard, month by month
Blanchard sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 22, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22° | 12° | 3° |
| April | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 46° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Blanchard
The nearest airport, Hector International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 255 miles away.
The best schools in and around Blanchard
Schools across Blanchard average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Peter Boe Jr Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Northern Cass Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northern Cass Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- May-port Cg Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Northern Cass High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Hillsboro High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- May-port Cg High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Blanchard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Blanchard 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 Blanchard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Blanchard
Is Blanchard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Blanchard ranks 6,881st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on tree cover and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Blanchard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,218. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $109,362 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Blanchard safe?
Blanchard is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $513 per resident a year.
Compare Blanchard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Blanchard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Blanchard 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.
Blanchard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Blanchard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Blanchard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Blanchard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Blanchard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Blanchard 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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