Best PlacesInkster, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Inkster, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Inkster ranks 20,979th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Inkster
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.
Inkster's strengths and weaknesses
Where Inkster ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Inkster ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Inkster
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Inkster home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,625, 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 Inkster's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Inkster
Inkster's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Inkster.
Who works in Inkster, and how
Work in Inkster centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Inkster
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Inkster.
What the weather is like in Inkster, month by month
Inkster sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 19, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19° | 11° | 3° |
| April | 51° | 39° | 29° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 56° | 44° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Inkster
The nearest airport, Grand Forks International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 308 miles away.
The best schools in and around Inkster
Schools across Inkster average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Larimore Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Midway Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Fordville-lankin Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Larimore High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Midway High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Inkster school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Inkster 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 Inkster against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Inkster
Is Inkster a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Inkster ranks 20,979th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low taxes, and heat safety, and lowest on disaster risk 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 Inkster expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $157,100. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $90,625 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Inkster safe?
Yes, Inkster is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $268 per resident a year.
Compare Inkster with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Inkster. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Inkster 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.
Inkster detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Inkster: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Inkster: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Inkster: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Inkster: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Inkster 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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