Best PlacesLangdon, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Langdon, 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.
Langdon ranks 9,104th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Langdon
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.
Langdon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Langdon ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute15.6 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
Where Langdon ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Langdon
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Langdon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,334, 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 Langdon's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Langdon
Langdon 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 Langdon.
Who works in Langdon, and how
Work in Langdon centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Langdon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Langdon.
What the weather is like in Langdon, month by month
Langdon sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 18, with lows near 2. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18° | 10° | 2° |
| April | 49° | 38° | 28° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 53° | 43° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Langdon
The nearest airport, Devils Lake Regional, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 362 miles away.
The best schools in and around Langdon
Schools across Langdon average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kittson Central ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Langdon Area Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Kittson Central SecondaryB− · 43% proficient
- Langdon Area High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Langdon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Langdon 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 Langdon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Langdon
Is Langdon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Langdon ranks 9,104th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, civic engagement, and clean air, 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 Langdon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,459. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $70,334 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Langdon safe?
Langdon is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $425 per resident a year.
Compare Langdon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Langdon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Langdon 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.
Langdon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Langdon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Langdon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Langdon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Langdon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Langdon 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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