Best PlacesNew Leipzig, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Leipzig, 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.
New Leipzig ranks 23,250th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Leipzig
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.
New Leipzig's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Leipzig ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 150 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Short commute19.6 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
Where New Leipzig ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Leipzig
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Leipzig home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,741, 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 New Leipzig's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in New Leipzig
New Leipzig 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 New Leipzig.
Who works in New Leipzig, and how
Work in New Leipzig centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in New Leipzig
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Leipzig.
What the weather is like in New Leipzig, month by month
New Leipzig sees roughly 150 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 6. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 16° | 6° |
| April | 55° | 40° | 28° |
| July | 85° | 70° | 57° |
| October | 58° | 44° | 32° |
Flying in and out of New Leipzig
The nearest airport, Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 435 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Leipzig
Schools across New Leipzig average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Little Powder ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Sundance ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Mott-regent Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Sundance Secondary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Moorhead High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Elgin-new Leipzig High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Leipzig school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Leipzig 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 New Leipzig against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Leipzig
Is New Leipzig a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Leipzig ranks 23,250th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, the weather, and quiet, 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 New Leipzig expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $99,741. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $65,741 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is New Leipzig safe?
New Leipzig is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $505 per resident a year.
Compare New Leipzig with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Leipzig. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Leipzig 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.
New Leipzig detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Leipzig: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Leipzig: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Leipzig: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Leipzig: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Leipzig 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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