Best PlacesConcrete, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Concrete, 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.
Concrete ranks 12,935th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Concrete
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.
Concrete's strengths and weaknesses
Where Concrete ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Short commute17.9 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 129 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
Where Concrete ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Concrete
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Concrete home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,573, 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 Concrete's effective rate of 0.82%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Concrete
Concrete runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Concrete.
Who works in Concrete, and how
Work in Concrete centers on agriculture & forestry and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Concrete
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Concrete.
What the weather is like in Concrete, month by month
Concrete sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 18, with lows near 1. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18° | 9° | 1° |
| April | 49° | 38° | 29° |
| July | 81° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 53° | 43° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Concrete
The nearest airport, Devils Lake Regional, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 346 miles away.
The best schools in and around Concrete
Schools across Concrete average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kittson Central ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Valley-edinburg Elementary School-crystalA− · 57% proficient
- Valley-edinburg Elementary School-hoopleB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Cavalier High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Kittson Central SecondaryB− · 43% proficient
- Valley-edinburg High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Concrete school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Concrete 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 Concrete against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Concrete
Is Concrete a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Concrete ranks 12,935th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, short commutes, and clean air, and lowest on distance from a big city and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Concrete expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $103,011. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $78,573 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Concrete safe?
Concrete is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $471 per resident a year.
Compare Concrete with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Concrete. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Concrete 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.
Concrete detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Concrete: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Concrete: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Concrete: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Concrete: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Concrete 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.