Best PlacesLidgerwood, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lidgerwood, 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.
Lidgerwood ranks 20,830th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lidgerwood
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.
Lidgerwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lidgerwood ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Lidgerwood ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 23% of towns
- Cheap childcare$928 a month, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lidgerwood
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lidgerwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,342, 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 Lidgerwood's effective rate of 0.90%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lidgerwood
Lidgerwood'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 Lidgerwood.
Who works in Lidgerwood, and how
Work in Lidgerwood centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Lidgerwood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lidgerwood.
What the weather is like in Lidgerwood, month by month
Lidgerwood sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 21, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21° | 13° | 5° |
| April | 52° | 41° | 32° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 57° | 46° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Lidgerwood
The nearest airport, Hector International, is about 61 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 208 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lidgerwood
Schools across Lidgerwood average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wyndmere Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Hankinson Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Lidgerwood Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Wyndmere High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Hankinson High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Sargent Central High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lidgerwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lidgerwood 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 Lidgerwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lidgerwood
Is Lidgerwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lidgerwood ranks 20,830th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, walkability, and health care access, 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 Lidgerwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $124,372. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $63,342 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Lidgerwood safe?
Yes, Lidgerwood is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
Compare Lidgerwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lidgerwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lidgerwood 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.
Lidgerwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lidgerwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lidgerwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lidgerwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lidgerwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lidgerwood 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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