Best PlacesOberon, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oberon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Oberon ranks 33,285th 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 Oberon
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.
Oberon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oberon ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute18.4 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
Where Oberon ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oberon
A household needs to earn about $17,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oberon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,653, 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 Oberon'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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Oberon
Oberon runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oberon.
Who works in Oberon, and how
Work in Oberon centers on education and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Oberon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oberon.
What the weather is like in Oberon, month by month
Oberon sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 20, with lows near 0. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20° | 10° | 0° |
| April | 50° | 37° | 26° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 55° | 43° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Oberon
The nearest airport, Devils Lake Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 352 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oberon
Schools across Oberon average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- New Rockford-sheyenne Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Maddock Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Minnewaukan Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- New Rockford-sheyenne High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Maddock High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Minnewaukan High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oberon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oberon 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 Oberon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oberon
Is Oberon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oberon ranks 33,285th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, a stable housing market, and clean air, and lowest on distance from a big city and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oberon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $67,595. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $69,653 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Oberon safe?
Oberon is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,038 per resident a year.
Compare Oberon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oberon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oberon 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.
Oberon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oberon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oberon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oberon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oberon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oberon 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.