Best PlacesSan Haven, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around San Haven, 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.
San Haven ranks 42,264th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cell coverage.
The best neighborhoods in San Haven
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.
San Haven's strengths and weaknesses
Where San Haven ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 128 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where San Haven ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in San Haven
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median San Haven home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,930, 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 San Haven's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in San Haven
San Haven 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 San Haven.
Who works in San Haven, and how
Work in San Haven centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in San Haven
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across San Haven.
What the weather is like in San Haven, month by month
San Haven sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 77 degrees. January highs sit near 18, with lows near 1. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18° | 9° | 1° |
| April | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| July | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| October | 51° | 41° | 32° |
Flying in and out of San Haven
The nearest airport, Minot International, is about 68 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 422 miles away.
The best schools in and around San Haven
Schools across San Haven average an F, better than 1% 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 San Haven school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
San Haven 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 San Haven against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in San Haven
Is San Haven a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, San Haven ranks 42,264th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on the schools 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 San Haven expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $91,264. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $53,930 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is San Haven safe?
San Haven is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $678 per resident a year.
Compare San Haven with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to San Haven. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in San Haven 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.
San Haven detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for San Haven: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in San Haven: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of San Haven: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in San Haven: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
San Haven 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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