Living in Beulah, ND
Beulah is a small town of 3,040 people in Mercer County, North Dakota. It's about 57 miles from Bismarck, ND and 437 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 23°F, with about 35 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $203k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,040people
$203kTypical home
$1,075/moRent
86° / 23°Summer / winter
35"Snow
238Sunny days
53Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,040
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,245 people per sq mi
- 437 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 57 mi to Bismarck, ND
- 51 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $203k (≈$1,282/mo)
- Median rent $1,075/mo
- Median household income $77k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 23°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (68 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 53 days a year with rain or snow
- 35" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- 63 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
People
- Median age 37
- 28% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 58 mi to DIK airport
- 441 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 235 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1981
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,814 ft
- 765 mi to the ocean
- 14 mi to a big lake
- 28 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 66 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 6 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 56 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 25% of North Dakota districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 59 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 54 mi to the nearest vet
- 52 mi to the nearest dog park
- 16 congregations per 10k people
- 55 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Mercer County: R+69 in 2024
- North Dakota: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk