Best PlacesDeering, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deering, 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.
Deering ranks 21,374th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Distance from a big city pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Deering
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.
Deering's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deering ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
Where Deering ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute35.1 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Deering
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deering home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,164, 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 Deering's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Deering
Deering 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 Deering.
Who works in Deering, and how
Work in Deering centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Deering
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Deering.
What the weather is like in Deering, month by month
Deering sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 22, with lows near 4. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22° | 12° | 4° |
| April | 53° | 39° | 28° |
| July | 84° | 70° | 57° |
| October | 56° | 43° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Deering
The nearest airport, Minot International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 443 miles away.
The best schools in and around Deering
Schools across Deering average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Surrey Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Tgu-towner Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Glenburn Elementary SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Tgu-towner High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Surrey High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Glenburn High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deering school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deering 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 Deering against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Deering
Is Deering a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deering ranks 21,374th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, clean air, 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 Deering expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $136,485. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $81,164 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Deering safe?
Deering is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Deering with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deering. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deering 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.
Deering detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deering: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deering: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deering: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deering: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deering 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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