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Kenmare is a small town of 1,002 people in Ward County, North Dakota. It's about 47 miles from Minot, ND and 488 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 19°F, with about 51 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $116k and rent runs about $768 a month.
1,002people
$116kTypical home
$768/moRent
80° / 19°Summer / winter
51"Snow
240Sunny days
75Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,002
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 747 people per sq mi
- 488 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 47 mi to Minot, ND
- 47 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $116k (≈$728/mo)
- Median rent $768/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 19°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 240 sunny days a year (66 totally clear)
- 125 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 75 days a year with rain or snow
- 51" of snow a year
- 21 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 77 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 57
- 17% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 10% walk or take transit to work
- 46 mi to MOT airport
- 494 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 212 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 74% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1962
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,939 ft
- 686 mi to the ocean
- 47 mi to a big lake
- 27 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 75 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 142 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of North Dakota districts (reading)
- 38 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 143 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 38 mi to the nearest vet
- 45 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 46 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