Best PlacesBremen, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bremen, 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.
Bremen ranks 17,832nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bremen
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.
Bremen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bremen ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute13.0 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
Where Bremen ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bremen
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bremen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,134, 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 Bremen's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bremen
Bremen 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 Bremen.
Who works in Bremen, and how
Work in Bremen centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Bremen
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bremen.
What the weather is like in Bremen, month by month
Bremen sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 21, with lows near 6. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21° | 13° | 6° |
| April | 49° | 38° | 30° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 55° | 44° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Bremen
The nearest airport, Devils Lake Regional, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 361 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bremen
Schools across Bremen average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Rockford-sheyenne Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Fessenden-bowdon Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- New Rockford-sheyenne High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Fessenden-bowdon High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bremen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bremen 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 Bremen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bremen
Is Bremen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bremen ranks 17,832nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, short commutes, and a stable housing market, 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 Bremen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $87,823. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $69,134 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Bremen safe?
Bremen is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $425 per resident a year.
Compare Bremen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bremen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bremen 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.
Bremen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bremen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bremen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bremen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bremen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bremen 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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