Best PlacesSpringbrook, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Springbrook, 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.
Springbrook ranks 13,705th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Springbrook
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.
Springbrook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Springbrook ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- Household income$100,210 median, better than 85% of towns
Where Springbrook ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Springbrook
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Springbrook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,210, 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 Springbrook's effective rate of 0.49%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Springbrook
Springbrook 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 Springbrook.
Who works in Springbrook, and how
Work in Springbrook centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Springbrook
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Springbrook.
What the weather is like in Springbrook, month by month
Springbrook sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 21, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21° | 12° | 3° |
| April | 51° | 37° | 27° |
| July | 81° | 68° | 55° |
| October | 53° | 41° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Springbrook
The nearest airport, Williston Basin International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 537 miles away.
The best schools in and around Springbrook
Schools across Springbrook average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Little Powder ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Ray Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Sundance Secondary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Ray High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Springbrook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Springbrook 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 Springbrook against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Springbrook
Is Springbrook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Springbrook ranks 13,705th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, what local pay buys, and low taxes, 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 Springbrook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $381,322. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $100,210 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Springbrook safe?
Springbrook is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $445 per resident a year.
Compare Springbrook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Springbrook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Springbrook 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.
Springbrook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Springbrook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Springbrook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Springbrook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Springbrook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Springbrook 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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