Best PlacesHorace, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Horace, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Horace ranks 568th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Horace
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.
Horace's strengths and weaknesses
Where Horace ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$144,069 median, better than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
Where Horace ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 42% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Horace
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Horace home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $144,069, 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 Horace's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Horace
Horace runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Horace.
Who works in Horace, and how
Work in Horace centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Horace
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Horace.
What the weather is like in Horace, month by month
Horace sees roughly 122 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 22, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22° | 12° | 3° |
| April | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 46° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Horace
The nearest airport, Hector International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 220 miles away.
The best schools in and around Horace
Schools across Horace average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kindred Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Bennett Elementary SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Legacy Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Discovery Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Heritage Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Liberty Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Kindred High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Fargo Davies High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- West Fargo Sheyenne High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Horace school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Horace 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 Horace against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Horace
Is Horace a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Horace ranks 568th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, heat safety, and population health, and lowest on tree cover and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Horace expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $439,129. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $144,069 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Horace safe?
Yes, Horace is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $215 per resident a year.
Compare Horace with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Horace. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Horace 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.
Horace detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Horace: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Horace: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Horace: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Horace: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Horace 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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