Best PlacesSouris, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Souris, 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.
Souris ranks 12,875th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Souris
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.
Souris' strengths and weaknesses
Where Souris ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Souris ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cheap childcare$969 a month, better than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Souris
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Souris home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,373, 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 Souris' effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Souris
Souris 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 Souris.
Who works in Souris, and how
Work in Souris centers on education and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Souris
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Souris.
What the weather is like in Souris, month by month
Souris sees roughly 117 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 21, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21° | 12° | 3° |
| April | 50° | 37° | 26° |
| July | 82° | 69° | 57° |
| October | 55° | 42° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Souris
The nearest airport, Minot International, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 444 miles away.
The best schools in and around Souris
Schools across Souris average a B−, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Newburg-united Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Bottineau Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Westhope Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Newburg-united High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Bottineau Junior-senior High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Westhope High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Souris school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Souris 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 Souris against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Souris
Is Souris a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Souris ranks 12,875th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, a stable housing market, and quiet, and lowest on distance from a big city and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Souris expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $297,970. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $101,373 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Souris safe?
Souris is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $527 per resident a year.
Compare Souris with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Souris. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Souris 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.
Souris detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Souris: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Souris: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Souris: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Souris: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Souris 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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