Best PlacesWellsburg, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wellsburg, 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.
Wellsburg ranks 14,320th 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 Wellsburg
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.
Wellsburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wellsburg ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute18.8 minutes each way, better than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
Where Wellsburg ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wellsburg
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wellsburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,342, 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 Wellsburg's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Wellsburg
Wellsburg's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wellsburg.
Who works in Wellsburg, and how
Work in Wellsburg centers on finance & insurance and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Wellsburg
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wellsburg.
What the weather is like in Wellsburg, month by month
Wellsburg sees roughly 136 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 21, with lows near 6. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21° | 13° | 6° |
| April | 49° | 38° | 30° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 55° | 44° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Wellsburg
The nearest airport, Devils Lake Regional, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 372 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wellsburg
Schools across Wellsburg average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Maddock Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Bm Hanson Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Harvey High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Maddock High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wellsburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wellsburg 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 Wellsburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wellsburg
Is Wellsburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wellsburg ranks 14,320th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, clean air, and a stable housing market, and lowest on distance from a big city and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wellsburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,176. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $81,342 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Wellsburg safe?
Wellsburg is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $450 per resident a year.
Compare Wellsburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wellsburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wellsburg 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.
Wellsburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wellsburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wellsburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wellsburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wellsburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wellsburg 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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