Best PlacesDwight, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dwight, 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.
Dwight ranks 4,964th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dwight
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.
Dwight's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dwight ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$134,167 median, better than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
Where Dwight ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dwight
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dwight home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $134,167, 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 Dwight's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 Dwight
Dwight 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 Dwight.
Who works in Dwight, and how
Work in Dwight centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Dwight
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dwight.
What the weather is like in Dwight, month by month
Dwight sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 20, with lows near 4. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20° | 12° | 4° |
| April | 51° | 41° | 32° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 58° | 47° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Dwight
The nearest airport, Hector International, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dwight
Schools across Dwight average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Wahpeton Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Wahpeton High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dwight school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dwight 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 Dwight against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dwight
Is Dwight a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dwight ranks 4,964th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and heat safety, and lowest on tree cover and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dwight expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $277,600. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $134,167 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Dwight safe?
Yes, Dwight is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $247 per resident a year.
Compare Dwight with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dwight. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dwight 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.
Dwight detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dwight: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dwight: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dwight: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dwight: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dwight 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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