Best PlacesOverly, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Overly, 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.
Overly ranks 17,364th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Tree cover pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Overly
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.
Overly's strengths and weaknesses
Where Overly ranks high
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute20.8 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Overly ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 20% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Overly
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Overly home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,100, 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 Overly's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Overly
Overly's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Overly.
Who works in Overly, and how
Work in Overly centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Overly
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Overly.
What the weather is like in Overly, month by month
Overly sees roughly 120 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 Overly
The nearest airport, Minot International, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 420 miles away.
The best schools in and around Overly
Schools across Overly average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bottineau Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Rolette Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Dunseith Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Rolette High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Bottineau Junior-senior High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Dunseith High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Overly school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Overly 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 Overly against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Overly
Is Overly a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Overly ranks 17,364th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low taxes, and short commutes, 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 Overly expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,600. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $93,100 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Overly safe?
Overly is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $753 per resident a year.
Compare Overly with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Overly. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Overly 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.
Overly detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Overly: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Overly: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Overly: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Overly: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Overly 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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