Best PlacesEmerado, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Emerado, 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.
Emerado ranks 7,623rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Emerado
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.
Emerado's strengths and weaknesses
Where Emerado ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
- Household income$106,234 median, better than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Emerado ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 17% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Emerado
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Emerado home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $106,234, 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 Emerado's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Emerado
Emerado's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Emerado.
Who works in Emerado, and how
Work in Emerado centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Emerado
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Emerado.
What the weather is like in Emerado, month by month
Emerado sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 19, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19° | 11° | 3° |
| April | 51° | 39° | 29° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 56° | 44° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Emerado
The nearest airport, Grand Forks International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 286 miles away.
The best schools in and around Emerado
Schools across Emerado average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nathan Twining Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Larimore Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Thompson Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nathan Twining Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Central MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Thompson High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Northwood High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- East Grand Forks Senior HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Emerado school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Emerado 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 Emerado against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Emerado
Is Emerado a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Emerado ranks 7,623rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, population health, and high incomes, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Emerado expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $295,339. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $106,234 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Emerado safe?
Yes, Emerado is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Emerado with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Emerado. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Emerado 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.
Emerado detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Emerado: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Emerado: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Emerado: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Emerado: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Emerado 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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