Best PlacesGlasston, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glasston, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Glasston ranks 7,848th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Glasston
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.
Glasston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glasston ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute20.0 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
Where Glasston ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glasston
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glasston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,113, 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 Glasston'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glasston
Glasston 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 Glasston.
Who works in Glasston, and how
Work in Glasston 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 87%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Glasston
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glasston.
What the weather is like in Glasston, month by month
Glasston sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 18, with lows near 1. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18° | 9° | 1° |
| April | 49° | 38° | 29° |
| July | 81° | 69° | 59° |
| October | 53° | 43° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Glasston
The nearest airport, Grand Forks International, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 333 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glasston
Schools across Glasston average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kittson Central ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Cavalier Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Drayton Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Cavalier High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Kittson Central SecondaryB− · 43% proficient
- Drayton High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glasston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glasston 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 Glasston against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glasston
Is Glasston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glasston ranks 7,848th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, clean air, and a strong job market, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glasston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,700. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $90,113 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Glasston safe?
Glasston is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $386 per resident a year.
Compare Glasston with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glasston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glasston 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.
Glasston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glasston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glasston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glasston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glasston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glasston 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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