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Banner Township vs Model Township

Next-door neighbors in Mountrail County. The biggest differences: trails (+81% in Banner Township) and typical home built (14 yrs in Banner Township).

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Banner Township, NDA small town of 78Mountrail County · 78 people
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Model Township, NDA small town of 67Mountrail County · 67 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

Banner TownshipA small town of 78
Quiet strengthsBanner Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Model TownshipA small town of 67
Quiet strengthsModel Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Trails+81%
Banner Township has more miles of trail
Banner Township 37.7 miModel Township 20.8 mi
Typical home built14 yrs
Banner Township’s homes are older
Model Township 1975Banner Township 1961
★ What stands out · Where they are

Banner Township and Model Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Banner TownshipModel TownshipBanner TownshipModel Township
Banner Township ↔ Model Township7.2 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
Banner TownshipModel Township
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)28th28th
Outdoors & history
Banner TownshipModel Township
Trails38 mi21 mi
Conserved land2.1%0%
Community
Banner TownshipModel Township
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Banner TownshipModel Township
People
Population 78Highest 67Lowest
Median age 47±20.9Highest 31% above ND 35.6±37.2Lowest about the ND average
Banner Township and Model Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 16.7%±33.3Lowest ND: 23.5% 46.3%±18Highest ND: 23.5%
Model Township and Banner Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 14.1%±43.4Highest ND: 16.5% 10.4%±47.9Lowest ND: 16.5%
Banner Township and Model Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.4%Highest ND: 32.7% 11.1%Lowest ND: 32.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9%±19.4Highest ND: 7.6% 0%±21.1Lowest ND: 7.6%
Banner Township and Model Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $128,750±$102kHighest 68% above ND $83,438±$67kLowest 9% above ND
Banner Township and Model Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $281,300±$241k 13% above ND
Property taxmedian, yearly $500 80% below ND —
Below poverty line 14.1%Highest ND: 10.8% 0%Lowest ND: 10.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% ND: 62.9% 100% ND: 62.9%
Typical home builtmedian year 1961Lowest 21 yrs older than ND 1975Highest 7 yrs older than ND
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 34 min 87% above ND —
Work from home 16.2%±17.8Highest ND: 8.1% 0%±62.5Lowest ND: 8.1%
Banner Township and Model Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 5.3 miLowest 20.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00 0.00
Top workplaceoutside town Parshall (50%)Minot (30%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Model TownshipFew work in Banner Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 2.1%Highest 0%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 37.7 miHighest 20.8 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miHighest 0.6 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.4Lowest 0.5Highest
North Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Banner Township

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Cremerville Township
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Fertile Township50 people · $260K homes
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Mountrail Township15 people

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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