Best PlacesSharon, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sharon, 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.
Sharon ranks 10,562nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sharon
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.
Sharon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sharon ranks high
- Short commute17.5 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
Where Sharon ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sharon
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sharon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,524, 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 Sharon's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sharon
Sharon 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 Sharon.
Who works in Sharon, and how
Work in Sharon centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Sharon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sharon.
What the weather is like in Sharon, month by month
Sharon sees roughly 121 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 18, with lows near 1. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18° | 9° | 1° |
| April | 49° | 38° | 29° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 55° | 44° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Sharon
The nearest airport, Grand Forks International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 292 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sharon
Schools across Sharon average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Finley-sharon Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Dakota Prairie Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Northwood Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Griggs County Central High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Finley-sharon High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Northwood High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sharon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sharon 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 Sharon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sharon
Is Sharon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sharon ranks 10,562nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, fast internet, and a stable housing market, and lowest on tree cover and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sharon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,498. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $82,524 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Sharon safe?
Sharon is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $378 per resident a year.
Compare Sharon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sharon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sharon 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.
Sharon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sharon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sharon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sharon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sharon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sharon 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.