Best PlacesPrairie Rose, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prairie Rose, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Prairie Rose ranks 246th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Prairie Rose
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.
Prairie Rose's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prairie Rose ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$178,384 median, better than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
Where Prairie Rose ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prairie Rose
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prairie Rose home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $178,384, 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 Prairie Rose's effective rate of 1.13%, 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 Prairie Rose
Prairie Rose runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Prairie Rose.
Who works in Prairie Rose, and how
Work in Prairie Rose centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Prairie Rose
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Prairie Rose.
What the weather is like in Prairie Rose, month by month
Prairie Rose sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 22, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22° | 12° | 3° |
| April | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 46° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Prairie Rose
The nearest airport, Hector International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 219 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prairie Rose
Schools across Prairie Rose average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Centennial Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Discovery Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Fargo Davies High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prairie Rose school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prairie Rose 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 Prairie Rose against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prairie Rose
Is Prairie Rose a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prairie Rose ranks 246th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, what local pay buys, and a strong job market, and lowest on noise and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prairie Rose expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $398,600. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $178,384 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Prairie Rose safe?
Yes, Prairie Rose is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $193 per resident a year.
Compare Prairie Rose with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prairie Rose. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prairie Rose 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.
Prairie Rose detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prairie Rose: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prairie Rose: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prairie Rose: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prairie Rose: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prairie Rose 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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