Best PlacesFredonia, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fredonia, 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.
Fredonia ranks 34,209th 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 Fredonia
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.
Fredonia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fredonia ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 163 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Short commute19.7 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Fredonia ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fredonia
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fredonia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,885, 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 Fredonia's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Fredonia
Fredonia 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 Fredonia.
Who works in Fredonia, and how
Work in Fredonia centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Fredonia
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fredonia.
What the weather is like in Fredonia, month by month
Fredonia sees roughly 163 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 21, with lows near 4. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21° | 12° | 4° |
| April | 51° | 38° | 29° |
| July | 83° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 56° | 43° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Fredonia
The nearest airport, Jamestown Regional, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 305 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fredonia
Schools across Fredonia average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- S.g. Reinertsen ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
- Kulm Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Wishek Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Horizon Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Gackle-streeter High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Moorhead High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Wishek High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fredonia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fredonia 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 Fredonia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fredonia
Is Fredonia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fredonia ranks 34,209th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, the weather, and short commutes, 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 Fredonia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $94,803. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $58,885 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Fredonia safe?
Fredonia is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $397 per resident a year.
Compare Fredonia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fredonia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fredonia 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.
Fredonia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fredonia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fredonia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fredonia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fredonia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fredonia 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.