Best PlacesDunseith, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dunseith, 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.
Dunseith ranks 43,594th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Dunseith
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.
Dunseith's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dunseith ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 126 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Dunseith ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dunseith
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dunseith home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,357, 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 Dunseith's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dunseith
Dunseith 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 Dunseith.
Who works in Dunseith, and how
Work in Dunseith centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Dunseith
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dunseith.
What the weather is like in Dunseith, month by month
Dunseith sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 77 degrees. January highs sit near 18, with lows near 1. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18° | 9° | 1° |
| April | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| July | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| October | 51° | 41° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Dunseith
The nearest airport, Minot International, is about 71 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 421 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dunseith
Schools across Dunseith average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bottineau Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Rolette Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Saint John Elementary SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Turtle Mountain Community Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Rolette High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Bottineau Junior-senior High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Turtle Mountain Community High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dunseith school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dunseith 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 Dunseith against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dunseith
Is Dunseith a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dunseith ranks 43,594th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, heat safety, and low property taxes, and lowest on the schools and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dunseith expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $88,691. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $56,357 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Dunseith safe?
Dunseith is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $788 per resident a year.
Compare Dunseith with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dunseith. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dunseith 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.
Dunseith detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dunseith: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dunseith: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dunseith: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dunseith: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dunseith 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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