Billings
North Dakota

What stands out

What stands out about Billings County: the restaurant count per person is among the most in America (5.6 per 1,000), violent crime is in the bottom 3% of American counties (2.8 per 1,000), and home internet speed is in the bottom 3% of American counties (58 Mbps). Within North Dakota it ranks 1st of 36 counties for the restaurant count per person.

Where you are

You live in Billings County, North Dakota. 839 people live here with you, so most faces are familiar. The population grew 0.9% last year, and more Americans moved in than out (net +1).

North Dakota's income tax is now among the lowest of any state that has one, with a top rate under 2.5% after 2023 cuts funded by oil revenue, and it stopped taxing Social Security in 2021. Housing is inexpensive and the state has the lowest unemployment in the country in most years. Winters are severe, and the Bakken oil economy makes the western counties boom and bust.

Money

The typical household here brings in $74,000 a year, higher than 81% of American counties. Employers pay an average wage of $57,004. Unemployment runs 2.0%, lower than 96% of American counties. 14% of workers work from home.

North Dakota takes 0.7% of that median income in state income tax, about $498 a year.

Home

A two-bedroom rents for around $646 a month. Property tax is 0.48% of home value, roughly $1,133 a year on that median home, lower than 90% of American counties. 74% of households own rather than rent.

Safety and health

Violent crime here is 2.8 per 1,000 residents, lower than 97% of American counties.

There is 1 active physician in the county, about 11.9 per 10,000 people. 6.2% of people under 65 have no health insurance.

School

95% of adults finished high school.

Neighbors and politics

In 2024 your neighbors voted Republican by 63 points, among the most lopsided counties in the country. 94% of eligible voters turned out. Under North Dakota law you can carry a concealed handgun without a permit, abortion is banned with narrow exceptions, and marijuana is medical only.

Weather and risk

The year averages 44°F, highs near 56 and lows near 31, colder than 94% of American counties. About 19 inches of rain and snow fall a year. FEMA puts natural-hazard risk at 4 out of 100, safer than 96% of American counties; the county has had 12 federal disaster declarations since 1953.

Getting around, going out

Home internet averages 58 Mbps down, slower than 97% of American counties. For a night or a weekend out: 5.6 full-service restaurants per 1,000 people, 1 National Park Service site.