Best PlacesWerner, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Werner, 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.
Werner ranks 11,671st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Werner
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.
Werner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Werner ranks high
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 129 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
Where Werner ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Werner
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Werner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,330, 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 Werner's effective rate of 0.43%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Werner
Werner's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Werner.
Who works in Werner, and how
Work in Werner centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Werner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Werner.
What the weather is like in Werner, month by month
Werner sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 18° | 7° |
| April | 56° | 40° | 26° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 55° |
| October | 60° | 44° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Werner
The nearest airport, Dickinson/Theodore Roosevelt Regional, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 472 miles away.
The best schools in and around Werner
Schools across Werner average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Taylor-richardton Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Killdeer Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Beulah Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Beulah Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- East Grand Forks Senior HighB− · 43% proficient
- Killdeer High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Richardton-taylor High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Werner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Werner 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 Werner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Werner
Is Werner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Werner ranks 11,671st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, what local pay buys, and low taxes, 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 Werner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,314. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $95,330 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Werner safe?
Werner is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $458 per resident a year.
Compare Werner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Werner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Werner 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.
Werner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Werner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Werner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Werner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Werner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Werner 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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