Best PlacesTimmer, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Timmer, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Timmer ranks 13,795th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Timmer
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.
Timmer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Timmer ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Timmer ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Timmer
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Timmer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,467, 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 Timmer's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Timmer
Timmer 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 Timmer.
Who works in Timmer, and how
Work in Timmer centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Timmer
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Timmer.
What the weather is like in Timmer, month by month
Timmer sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 23, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 15° | 8° |
| April | 53° | 40° | 30° |
| July | 84° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 57° | 45° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Timmer
The nearest airport, Bismarck Municipal, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 393 miles away.
The best schools in and around Timmer
Schools across Timmer average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- S.g. Reinertsen ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
- Flasher Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Browns Valley ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fort Yates Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Flasher High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Solen High SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Timmer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Timmer 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 Timmer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Timmer
Is Timmer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Timmer ranks 13,795th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a stable housing market, and the weather, and lowest on biking and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Timmer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $107,025. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $85,467 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Timmer safe?
Timmer is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $436 per resident a year.
Compare Timmer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Timmer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Timmer 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.
Timmer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Timmer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Timmer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Timmer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Timmer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Timmer 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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