Best PlacesKongsberg, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kongsberg, 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.
Kongsberg ranks 17,900th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Distance from a big city pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Kongsberg
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.
Kongsberg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kongsberg ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Kongsberg ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kongsberg
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kongsberg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,713, 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 Kongsberg's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kongsberg
Kongsberg 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 Kongsberg.
Who works in Kongsberg, and how
Work in Kongsberg centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Kongsberg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kongsberg.
What the weather is like in Kongsberg, month by month
Kongsberg sees roughly 117 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 21, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21° | 12° | 3° |
| April | 50° | 37° | 27° |
| July | 82° | 69° | 57° |
| October | 53° | 41° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Kongsberg
The nearest airport, Minot International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 417 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kongsberg
Schools across Kongsberg average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Velva Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Velva High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kongsberg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kongsberg 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 Kongsberg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kongsberg
Is Kongsberg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kongsberg ranks 17,900th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, clean air, and health care access, and lowest on distance from a big city and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kongsberg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,052. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $79,713 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Kongsberg safe?
Yes, Kongsberg is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $307 per resident a year.
Compare Kongsberg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kongsberg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kongsberg 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.
Kongsberg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kongsberg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kongsberg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kongsberg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kongsberg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kongsberg 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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