Best PlacesSheyenne, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sheyenne, 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.
Sheyenne ranks 22,420th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sheyenne
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.
Sheyenne's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sheyenne ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 133 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
Where Sheyenne ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Household income$52,774 median, better than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sheyenne
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sheyenne home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,774, 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 Sheyenne's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sheyenne
Sheyenne 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 Sheyenne.
Who works in Sheyenne, and how
Work in Sheyenne centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Sheyenne
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sheyenne.
What the weather is like in Sheyenne, month by month
Sheyenne sees roughly 133 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 20, with lows near 0. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20° | 10° | 0° |
| April | 50° | 37° | 26° |
| July | 82° | 70° | 58° |
| October | 55° | 43° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Sheyenne
The nearest airport, Devils Lake Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 344 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sheyenne
Schools across Sheyenne average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dakota Prairie Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Sweetwater Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- New Rockford-sheyenne Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Central Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- New Rockford-sheyenne High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Dakota Prairie High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Fessenden-bowdon High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sheyenne school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sheyenne 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 Sheyenne against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sheyenne
Is Sheyenne a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sheyenne ranks 22,420th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, a stable housing market, and clean air, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sheyenne expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $154,154. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $52,774 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Sheyenne safe?
Yes, Sheyenne is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $329 per resident a year.
Compare Sheyenne with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sheyenne. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sheyenne 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.
Sheyenne detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sheyenne: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sheyenne: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sheyenne: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sheyenne: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sheyenne 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.