Best PlacesGlen Ullin, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Ullin, 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.
Glen Ullin ranks 22,738th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Glen Ullin
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.
Glen Ullin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Ullin ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 136 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of towns
Where Glen Ullin ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$987 a month, better than only 26% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glen Ullin
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen Ullin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,151, 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 Glen Ullin's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glen Ullin
Glen Ullin 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 Glen Ullin.
Who works in Glen Ullin, and how
Work in Glen Ullin centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Glen Ullin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glen Ullin.
What the weather is like in Glen Ullin, month by month
Glen Ullin sees roughly 136 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 6. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 16° | 6° |
| April | 55° | 40° | 28° |
| July | 85° | 70° | 57° |
| October | 58° | 44° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Glen Ullin
The nearest airport, Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 435 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glen Ullin
Schools across Glen Ullin average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hebron Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Glen Ullin Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Hebron High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Glen Ullin High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen Ullin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen Ullin 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 Glen Ullin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glen Ullin
Is Glen Ullin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Ullin ranks 22,738th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, a stable housing market, and low taxes, and lowest on tree cover 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 Glen Ullin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,121. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $61,151 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Glen Ullin safe?
Glen Ullin is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $374 per resident a year.
Compare Glen Ullin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Ullin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Ullin 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.
Glen Ullin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Ullin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Ullin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Ullin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Ullin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Ullin 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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