Best PlacesHaley, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Haley, 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.
Haley ranks 17,974th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Tree cover pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on the weather.
The best neighborhoods in Haley
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.
Haley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Haley ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 142 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 81% of towns
Where Haley ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Haley
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Haley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,263, 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 Haley's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 Haley
Haley 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 Haley.
Who works in Haley, and how
Work in Haley 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 81%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Haley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Haley.
What the weather is like in Haley, month by month
Haley sees roughly 142 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 18° | 7° |
| April | 58° | 41° | 26° |
| July | 89° | 71° | 54° |
| October | 61° | 44° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Haley
The nearest airport, Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 431 miles away.
The best schools in and around Haley
Schools across Haley average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Scranton Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Sundance ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Bowman Co Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Sundance Secondary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Scranton High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Bowman Co High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Haley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Haley 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 Haley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Haley
Is Haley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Haley ranks 17,974th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and state infrastructure, 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 Haley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,452. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $85,263 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Haley safe?
Haley is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $398 per resident a year.
Compare Haley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Haley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Haley 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.
Haley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Haley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Haley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Haley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Haley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Haley 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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