Best PlacesWildrose, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wildrose, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wildrose ranks 12,191st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wildrose
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.
Wildrose's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wildrose ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$104,955 median, better than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Wildrose ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,034 a month, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wildrose
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wildrose home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,955, 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 Wildrose's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wildrose
Wildrose 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 Wildrose.
Who works in Wildrose, and how
Work in Wildrose centers on health care & social and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Wildrose
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wildrose.
What the weather is like in Wildrose, month by month
Wildrose sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 21, with lows near 4. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21° | 12° | 4° |
| April | 52° | 38° | 27° |
| July | 82° | 68° | 56° |
| October | 54° | 41° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Wildrose
The nearest airport, Williston Basin International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 536 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wildrose
Schools across Wildrose average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ray Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Divide County Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Burke Central Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Ray High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Divide County High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Tioga High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wildrose school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wildrose 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 Wildrose against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wildrose
Is Wildrose a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wildrose ranks 12,191st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, low taxes, and high incomes, and lowest on tree cover and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wildrose expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $153,036. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $104,955 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Wildrose safe?
Wildrose is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $555 per resident a year.
Compare Wildrose with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wildrose. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wildrose 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.
Wildrose detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wildrose: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wildrose: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wildrose: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wildrose: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wildrose 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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