Best PlacesGilby, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gilby, 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.
Gilby ranks 19,685th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gilby
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.
Gilby's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gilby ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 83% of towns
Where Gilby ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 29% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gilby
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gilby home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,622, 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 Gilby's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Gilby
Gilby's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Gilby.
Who works in Gilby, and how
Work in Gilby 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 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Gilby
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gilby.
What the weather is like in Gilby, month by month
Gilby sees roughly 120 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 Gilby
The nearest airport, Grand Forks International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 299 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gilby
Schools across Gilby average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Manvel Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Larimore Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Midway Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Larimore High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Midway High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gilby school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gilby 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 Gilby against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gilby
Is Gilby a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gilby ranks 19,685th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low taxes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on disaster risk 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 Gilby expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,349. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $89,622 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Gilby safe?
Yes, Gilby is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $262 per resident a year.
Compare Gilby with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gilby. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gilby 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.
Gilby detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gilby: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gilby: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gilby: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gilby: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gilby 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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