Best PlacesKramer, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kramer, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kramer ranks 19,041st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kramer
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.
Kramer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kramer ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Kramer ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$968 a month, better than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kramer
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kramer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,260, 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 Kramer's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Kramer
Kramer 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 Kramer.
Who works in Kramer, and how
Work in Kramer centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Kramer
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kramer.
What the weather is like in Kramer, month by month
Kramer sees roughly 113 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° | 26° |
| July | 82° | 69° | 57° |
| October | 55° | 42° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Kramer
The nearest airport, Minot International, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 439 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kramer
Schools across Kramer average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newburg-united Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Bottineau Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Tgu-towner Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Newburg-united High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Tgu-towner High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Bottineau Junior-senior High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kramer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kramer 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 Kramer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kramer
Is Kramer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kramer ranks 19,041st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, a stable housing market, and low taxes, 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 Kramer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,798. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $89,260 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Kramer safe?
Kramer is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $455 per resident a year.
Compare Kramer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kramer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kramer 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.
Kramer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kramer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kramer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kramer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kramer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kramer 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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