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Surrey is a small town of 1,721 people in Ward County, North Dakota. It's about 7 miles from Minot, ND and 436 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 21°F, with about 47 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $316k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,721people
$316kTypical home
$1,048/moRent
83° / 21°Summer / winter
47"Snow
236Sunny days
86Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,721
- Part of a metro area
- About 815 people per sq mi
- 436 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 7 mi to Minot, ND
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $316k (≈$1,991/mo)
- Median rent $1,048/mo
- Median household income $106k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°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
- 86 days a year with rain or snow
- 47" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 69 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 35
- 45% of households have kids
- 12% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to MOT airport
- 441 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 254 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1995
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,618 ft
- 691 mi to the ocean
- 40 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 57 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 6 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
- 101 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of North Dakota districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 101 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 8 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.