Best PlacesGlenburn, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glenburn, 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.
Glenburn ranks 22,552nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Distance from a big city pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Glenburn
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.
Glenburn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glenburn ranks high
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Glenburn ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap childcare$973 a month, better than only 26% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glenburn
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glenburn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,480, 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 Glenburn's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glenburn
Glenburn runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glenburn.
Who works in Glenburn, and how
Work in Glenburn centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Glenburn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glenburn.
What the weather is like in Glenburn, month by month
Glenburn sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 22, with lows near 4. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22° | 12° | 4° |
| April | 53° | 39° | 28° |
| July | 84° | 70° | 57° |
| October | 56° | 43° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Glenburn
The nearest airport, Minot International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 456 miles away.
The best schools in and around Glenburn
Schools across Glenburn average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Burlington-des Lacs Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Mls-mohall Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Kenmare Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Memorial Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Mls-mohall High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Des Lacs-burlington High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Berthold High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glenburn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glenburn 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 Glenburn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glenburn
Is Glenburn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glenburn ranks 22,552nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low taxes, and heat safety, 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 Glenburn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,545. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $82,480 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Glenburn safe?
Glenburn is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $741 per resident a year.
Compare Glenburn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glenburn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glenburn 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.
Glenburn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glenburn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glenburn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glenburn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glenburn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glenburn 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.