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Bottineau is a small town of 2,205 people in Bottineau County, North Dakota. It's about 56 miles from Minot, ND and 431 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 15°F, with about 50 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $165k and rent runs about $840 a month.
2,205people
$165kTypical home
$840/moRent
79° / 15°Summer / winter
50"Snow
236Sunny days
92Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,205
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,676 people per sq mi
- 431 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 56 mi to Minot, ND
- 56 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $165k (≈$1,040/mo)
- Median rent $840/mo
- Median household income $66k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 15°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 236 sunny days a year (63 totally clear)
- 129 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 92 days a year with rain or snow
- 50" of snow a year
- 21 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 88 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (31 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (549 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 30% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 11% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 55 mi to MOT airport
- 436 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 254 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,631 ft
- 641 mi to the ocean
- 87 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 9 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 11 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 8 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 141 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 45% of North Dakota districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 139 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 38 mi to the nearest vet
- 58 mi to the nearest dog park
- 22 congregations per 10k people
- 56 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bottineau County: R+55 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