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Burlington is a small town of 1,067 people in Ward County, North Dakota. It's about 6 miles from Minot, ND and 448 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 21°F, with about 49 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $244k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,067people
$244kTypical home
$1,144/moRent
82° / 21°Summer / winter
49"Snow
236Sunny days
90Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,067
- Part of a metro area
- About 560 people per sq mi
- 448 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 6 mi to Minot, ND
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $244k (≈$1,536/mo)
- Median rent $1,144/mo
- Median household income $78k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 21°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
- 90 days a year with rain or snow
- 49" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 70 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Low violent crime (241 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (857 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 31
- 34% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to MOT airport
- 453 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 240 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 68% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1988
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,588 ft
- 696 mi to the ocean
- 42 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 65 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 36 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 18 bars within 25 mi
- 19 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 105 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 45% of North Dakota districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 105 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ward County: R+47 in 2024
- North Dakota: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very 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