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Westhope is a tiny town of 435 people in Bottineau County, North Dakota. It's about 48 miles from Minot, ND and 456 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 16°F, with about 49 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $103k and rent runs about $696 a month.
435people
$103kTypical home
$696/moRent
82° / 16°Summer / winter
49"Snow
236Sunny days
96Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 435
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,347 people per sq mi
- 456 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 48 mi to Minot, ND
- 48 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $103k (≈$648/mo)
- Median rent $696/mo
- Median household income $69k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 16°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
- 96 days a year with rain or snow
- 49" of snow a year
- 19 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 80 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 45
- 27% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 30% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 47 mi to MOT airport
- 461 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 262 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1966
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,499 ft
- 648 mi to the ocean
- 85 mi to a big lake
- 25 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 25 mi to the nearest ski area
- 21 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 4 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
- 146 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 24% of North Dakota districts (reading)
- 27 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 28 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 146 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 37 mi to the nearest vet
- 49 mi to the nearest dog park
- 22 congregations per 10k people
- 48 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.