Best PlacesHuff, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Huff, 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.
Huff ranks 4,593rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Huff
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.
Huff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Huff ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$115,010 median, better than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
Where Huff ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$981 a month, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Huff
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $115,010, 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 Huff's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Huff
Huff's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Huff.
Who works in Huff, and how
Work in Huff centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Huff
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Huff.
What the weather is like in Huff, month by month
Huff sees roughly 121 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 15° | 5° |
| April | 57° | 42° | 28° |
| July | 89° | 73° | 58° |
| October | 61° | 46° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Huff
The nearest airport, Bismarck Municipal, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 376 miles away.
The best schools in and around Huff
Schools across Huff average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Menoken Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- S.g. Reinertsen ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
- Manning Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mandan Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Horizon Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Wachter Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Hazelton-moffit-braddock High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- South Central Alternative High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Brave Center AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huff 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 Huff against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Huff
Is Huff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huff ranks 4,593rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and low taxes, 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 Huff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $318,397. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $115,010 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Huff safe?
Yes, Huff is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
Compare Huff with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huff 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.
Huff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huff 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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