Best PlacesMcville, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mcville, 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.
Mcville ranks 8,036th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mcville
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.
Mcville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mcville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute18.5 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
Where Mcville ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mcville
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mcville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,845, 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 Mcville's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mcville
Mcville 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 Mcville.
Who works in Mcville, and how
Work in Mcville centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Mcville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mcville.
What the weather is like in Mcville, month by month
Mcville sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 18, with lows near 1. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18° | 9° | 1° |
| April | 49° | 38° | 29° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 55° | 44° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Mcville
The nearest airport, Devils Lake Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 309 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mcville
Schools across Mcville average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Finley-sharon Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Dakota Prairie Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Northwood Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Finley-sharon High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Northwood High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Dakota Prairie High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mcville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mcville 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 Mcville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mcville
Is Mcville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mcville ranks 8,036th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, health care access, and a stable housing market, 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 Mcville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $154,222. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $77,845 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Mcville safe?
Yes, Mcville is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $283 per resident a year.
Compare Mcville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mcville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mcville 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.
Mcville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mcville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mcville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mcville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mcville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mcville 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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