Best PlacesOrrin, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Orrin, 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.
Orrin ranks 14,433rd 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 Orrin
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.
Orrin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Orrin ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute11.8 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
Where Orrin ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Orrin
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Orrin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,109, 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 Orrin's effective rate of 0.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Orrin
Orrin 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 Orrin.
Who works in Orrin, and how
Work in Orrin centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Orrin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Orrin.
What the weather is like in Orrin, month by month
Orrin sees roughly 121 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° | 37° | 27° |
| July | 81° | 68° | 57° |
| October | 52° | 41° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Orrin
The nearest airport, Minot International, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 399 miles away.
The best schools in and around Orrin
Schools across Orrin average a B, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rugby Ely Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Velva Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Anamoose Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Velva High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Rugby High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Drake High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Orrin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Orrin 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 Orrin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Orrin
Is Orrin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Orrin ranks 14,433rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, short commutes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on distance from a big city and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Orrin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $172,693. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $84,109 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Orrin safe?
Orrin is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $435 per resident a year.
Compare Orrin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Orrin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Orrin 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.
Orrin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Orrin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Orrin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Orrin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Orrin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Orrin 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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