Best PlacesColeharbor, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coleharbor, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Coleharbor ranks 12,881st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Coleharbor
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.
Coleharbor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coleharbor ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 127 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
Where Coleharbor ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 24% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coleharbor
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coleharbor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,136, 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 Coleharbor's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Coleharbor
Coleharbor 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 Coleharbor.
Who works in Coleharbor, and how
Work in Coleharbor centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Coleharbor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coleharbor.
What the weather is like in Coleharbor, month by month
Coleharbor sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 21, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21° | 12° | 3° |
| April | 50° | 37° | 27° |
| July | 82° | 69° | 57° |
| October | 53° | 41° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Coleharbor
The nearest airport, Minot International, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 424 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coleharbor
Schools across Coleharbor average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Turtle Lake-mercer Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Bob Callies Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Underwood Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Turtle Lake-mercer High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Underwood High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Max High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coleharbor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coleharbor 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 Coleharbor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coleharbor
Is Coleharbor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coleharbor ranks 12,881st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, health care access, and low taxes, 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 Coleharbor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $309,498. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $97,136 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Coleharbor safe?
Yes, Coleharbor is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $204 per resident a year.
Compare Coleharbor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coleharbor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coleharbor 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.
Coleharbor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coleharbor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coleharbor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coleharbor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coleharbor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coleharbor 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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