Best PlacesDickey, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dickey, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Dickey ranks 10,774th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dickey
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.
Dickey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dickey ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 144 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
- Short commute20.9 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
Where Dickey ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dickey
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dickey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,208, 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 Dickey's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 Dickey
Dickey 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 Dickey.
Who works in Dickey, and how
Work in Dickey centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Dickey
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dickey.
What the weather is like in Dickey, month by month
Dickey sees roughly 144 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 22, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22° | 13° | 5° |
| April | 52° | 40° | 30° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 57° | 45° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Dickey
The nearest airport, Jamestown Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 278 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dickey
Schools across Dickey average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Edgeley Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Lamoure Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Montpelier Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Litchville-marion High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Edgeley High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Lamoure High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dickey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dickey 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 Dickey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dickey
Is Dickey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dickey ranks 10,774th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dickey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $124,700. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $90,208 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Dickey safe?
Yes, Dickey is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
Compare Dickey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dickey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dickey 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.
Dickey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dickey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dickey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dickey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dickey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dickey 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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