A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Benedict$1,460/mo

Typical home $241K (Census) · tax rate 0.98% · Housing →

Gladstone$2,030/mo

Typical home $350K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $850/mo · Housing →

The difference: $570 a month, about $6,800 a year, between Gladstone and Benedict.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

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

BenedictGladstone

Snow a year49″35″

January low0°F 4°F

July high81°F 84°F

Growing season (days)141d 119d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)23rd 23rd

Outdoors & history

BenedictGladstone

Settled1906 1882

Archive photos1 11

Community

BenedictGladstone

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

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.

Where they are

97 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BenedictND GladstoneND

Benedict ↔ Gladstone97 miles apart

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.

Only big differences vs North Dakota average

BenedictGladstone

People

Population 227Lowest 230Highest

Median age 35.6±25.7Lowest about the ND average 37.3±15.2Highest 4% above ND

Gladstone and Benedict are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 33.9%±12.7Highest ND: 23.5% 21.7%±13.3Lowest ND: 23.5%

Benedict and Gladstone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 15%±12.8Highest ND: 16.5% 8.3%±9.5Lowest ND: 16.5%

Benedict and Gladstone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9.9%Lowest ND: 32.7% 11.9%Highest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.4%±4.5Highest ND: 7.6% 0%±6.1Lowest ND: 7.6%

Benedict and Gladstone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,791±$21kLowest 19% below ND $95,417±$45kHighest 24% above ND

Gladstone and Benedict are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $241,000±$127kHighest 4% below ND $205,700±$61kLowest 18% below ND

Benedict and Gladstone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $850±$53 11% below ND

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,365Highest 4% below ND $1,361Lowest 45% below ND

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 50%±100 ND: 38.9%

Below poverty line 0.4%Lowest ND: 10.8% 10%Highest ND: 10.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest ND: 62.9% 92.2%Lowest ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Lowest 5 yrs older than ND 1984Highest 2 yrs newer than ND

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest about the ND average 30 minHighest 69% above ND

Work from home 0%±12.5Lowest ND: 8.1% 16.1%±11.7Highest ND: 8.1%

Gladstone and Benedict 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 23.3 miHighest 11.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.04Lowest 0.09Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Garrison (35%)Dickinson (52%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GladstoneFew work in Benedict

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.7 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 75.0Highest 51.3Lowest

North Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Benedict vs Gladstone

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $570 more a month in Gladstone

What daily life feels like in each

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