Best PlacesCannon Ball, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cannon Ball, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cannon Ball ranks 45,644th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cannon Ball
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.
Cannon Ball's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cannon Ball ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 127 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
Where Cannon Ball ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Household income$40,238 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cannon Ball
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cannon Ball home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,238, 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 Cannon Ball'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 and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cannon Ball
Cannon Ball runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cannon Ball.
Who works in Cannon Ball, and how
Work in Cannon Ball centers on arts & entertainment and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cannon Ball
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cannon Ball.
What the weather is like in Cannon Ball, month by month
Cannon Ball sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 14° | 5° |
| April | 54° | 40° | 29° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 46° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Cannon Ball
The nearest airport, Bismarck Municipal, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 371 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cannon Ball
Schools across Cannon Ball average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Linton Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Cannon Ball Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Linton High SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Solen High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cannon Ball school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cannon Ball 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 Cannon Ball against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cannon Ball
Is Cannon Ball a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cannon Ball ranks 45,644th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cannon Ball expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,542. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $40,238 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Cannon Ball safe?
Cannon Ball is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $725 per resident a year.
Compare Cannon Ball with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cannon Ball. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cannon Ball 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.
Cannon Ball detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cannon Ball: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cannon Ball: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cannon Ball: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cannon Ball: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cannon Ball 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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