Best PlacesReiles Acres, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Reiles Acres, 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.
Reiles Acres ranks 1,113th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Reiles Acres
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.
Reiles Acres' strengths and weaknesses
Where Reiles Acres ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$157,600 median, better than 98% of towns
Where Reiles Acres ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Reiles Acres
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Reiles Acres home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $157,600, 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 Reiles Acres' effective rate of 1.01%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Reiles Acres
Reiles Acres 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 Reiles Acres.
Who works in Reiles Acres, and how
Work in Reiles Acres centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Reiles Acres
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Reiles Acres.
What the weather is like in Reiles Acres, month by month
Reiles Acres 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 Reiles Acres
The nearest airport, Hector International, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 225 miles away.
The best schools in and around Reiles Acres
Schools across Reiles Acres average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harwood Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Washington Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- L E Berger Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ben Franklin Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Cheney Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- West Fargo Sheyenne High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Dakota High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Reiles Acres school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Reiles Acres 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 Reiles Acres against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Reiles Acres
Is Reiles Acres a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Reiles Acres ranks 1,113th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, population health, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Reiles Acres expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $429,200. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $157,600 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Reiles Acres safe?
Yes, Reiles Acres is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $242 per resident a year.
Compare Reiles Acres with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Reiles Acres. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Reiles Acres 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.
Reiles Acres detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Reiles Acres: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Reiles Acres: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Reiles Acres: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Reiles Acres: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Reiles Acres 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.
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