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Willow City is a tiny town of 238 people in Bottineau County, North Dakota. It's about 52 miles from Minot, ND and 417 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 15°F, with about 46 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $65k and rent runs about $743 a month.
238people
$65kTypical home
$743/moRent
80° / 15°Summer / winter
46"Snow
236Sunny days
72Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 238
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 509 people per sq mi
- 417 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 52 mi to Minot, ND
- 52 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $65k (≈$407/mo)
- Median rent $743/mo
- Median household income $74k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 15°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 236 sunny days a year (63 totally clear)
- 129 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 72 days a year with rain or snow
- 46" of snow a year
- 18 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 93 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (31 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (549 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 52
- 26% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 51 mi to MOT airport
- 422 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 241 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1966
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,470 ft
- 652 mi to the ocean
- 77 mi to a big lake
- 22 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 25 mi to the nearest ski area
- 18 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 15 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
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 127 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 30% of North Dakota districts (reading)
- 16 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 18 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 125 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 22 mi to the nearest vet
- 54 mi to the nearest dog park
- 22 congregations per 10k people
- 52 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.