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Beery Township vs Solon Township

Next-door neighbors in Hettinger County. The biggest differences: size (16× in Solon Township) and bachelor’s degree+ (+70.8 pts in Solon Township).

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Beery Township, NDA small town of 2Hettinger County · 2 people
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Solon Township, NDA small town of 32Hettinger County · 32 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.

Beery TownshipA small town of 2
Quiet strengthsBeery Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Solon TownshipA small town of 32
Quiet strengthsSolon 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.

Size16×
Solon Township is the bigger place
Solon Township 32Beery Township 2
Bachelor’s degree++70.8 pts
More adults in Solon Township have a degree
Solon Township 70.8%Beery Township 0%
★ What stands out · Where they are

Beery Township and Solon Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Beery TownshipSolon TownshipBeery TownshipSolon Township
Beery Township ↔ Solon Township5.2 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
Beery TownshipSolon Township
Snow a year51″38″
January low6°F3°F
July high85°F84°F
Growing season (days)124d136d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)12th12th
Outdoors & history
Beery TownshipSolon Township
Trails44 mi35 mi
Conserved land0%1%
National Register places1—
Community
Beery TownshipSolon 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.

Beery TownshipSolon Township
People
Population 2Lowest 32Highest
Median age — 26.5±0.3 26% below ND
Kids under 18 0%±100Lowest ND: 23.5% 25%±84.1Highest ND: 23.5%
Solon Township and Beery Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 0%±100 ND: 16.5% 0%±100 ND: 16.5%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 0%Lowest ND: 32.7% 70.8%Highest ND: 32.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±100 ND: 7.6% 0%±44.2 ND: 7.6%
Cost of living
Below poverty line 0% ND: 10.8% 0% ND: 10.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% ND: 62.9% 100% ND: 62.9%
Getting to work
Work from home — 0%±41.7 ND: 8.1%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miLowest 68.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.50Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Elgin (25%)Watford City (20%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Solon TownshipFew work in Beery Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 43.5 miHighest 34.9 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.2 miHighest 1.0 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.3 0.3
North Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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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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