Grant
North Dakota

What stands out

What stands out about Grant County: the home price against local income is in the bottom 2% of American counties (1.1 years of income), homeownership is in the top 2% of American counties (86%), and unemployment is in the bottom 4% of American counties (2.0%). Within North Dakota it ranks 3rd of 53 counties for the home price against local income, counting from the bottom.

Where you are

You live in Grant County, North Dakota. 2,320 people live here with you, so most faces are familiar. The population shrank 1.0% last year, and more Americans moved out than in (net -11).

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 $57,069 a year, lower than 61% of American counties. Employers pay an average wage of $50,022. Unemployment runs 2.0%, lower than 96% of American counties. 15% of workers work from home; for the rest the average commute is 17 minutes each way.

North Dakota takes 0.3% of that median income in state income tax, about $168 a year.

Home

A two-bedroom rents for around $611 a month. Property tax is 0.89% of home value, roughly $787 a year on that median home, higher than 52% of American counties. 86% of households own rather than rent.

Safety and health

Violent crime here is 3.2 per 1,000 residents, lower than 85% of American counties.

A child born here can expect to live 75.8 years, shorter than 51% of American counties. There is 1 active physician in the county, about 4.3 per 10,000 people. 11.4% of people under 65 have no health insurance.

School

Local students test at grade level 2.74 where 3.0 is national grade level, higher than 62% of American counties. 92% of adults finished high school.

Neighbors and politics

In 2024 your neighbors voted Republican by 59 points, among the most lopsided counties in the country. 77% 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 57 and lows near 31, colder than 93% of American counties. About 23 inches of rain and snow fall a year. FEMA puts natural-hazard risk at 13 out of 100, safer than 87% of American counties; the county has had 27 federal disaster declarations since 1953.

Getting around, going out

Home internet averages 294 Mbps down, faster than 94% of American counties. There is 1 airport in the county, counting general aviation.