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%

Buffalo$1,540/mo

Typical home $261K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $567/mo · Housing →

Levant Township$1,280/mo

Typical home $225K (Census) · tax rate 0.51% · Housing →

The difference: $260 a month, about $3,100 a year, between Buffalo and Levant Township.

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

BuffaloLevant Township

Snow a year37″48″

January low-1°F -3°F

July high81°F 81°F

Growing season (days)143d 133d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)34th 68th

Outdoors & history

BuffaloLevant Township

Trails—38 mi

Conserved land—13%

Settled1878 —

National Register places2 —

Archive photos12 —

Community

BuffaloLevant Township

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

86 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BuffaloND Levant TownshipGrand Forks County

Buffalo ↔ Levant Township86 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

BuffaloLevant Township

People

Population 180Highest 125Lowest

Median age 43.5±18.4Highest 21% above ND 41.3±16.7Lowest 15% above ND

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

Kids under 18 17.2%±9.8Lowest ND: 23.5% 36%±30Highest ND: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 25%±7.9Lowest ND: 16.5% 26.4%±20.8Highest ND: 16.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 33.3%Highest ND: 32.7% 27.5%Lowest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.3%±3.9Highest ND: 7.6% 0%±11.3Lowest ND: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $76,875±$52kHighest about the ND average $60,556±$23kLowest 21% below ND

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $179,700±$23kLowest 28% below ND $225,000±$129kHighest 10% below ND

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $567±$60 41% below ND —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,385Highest 44% below ND $1,147Lowest 54% below ND

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.3%±100Highest ND: 38.9% 0%±100Lowest ND: 38.9%

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

Below poverty line 7.8%Highest ND: 10.8% 0%Lowest ND: 10.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 92.8%Lowest ND: 62.9% 95%Highest ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1964Lowest 18 yrs older than ND 1975Highest 7 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 85% above ND 23 minLowest 30% above ND

Work from home 13.3%±9.4Highest ND: 8.1% 3.4%±4.8Lowest ND: 8.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.7%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 32.3 miHighest 21.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.69Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Fargo (32%)Grand Forks (42%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Levant TownshipFew work in Buffalo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 13%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 37.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 1.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 67.3Highest 0.4Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Buffalo vs Levant Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $260 more a month in Buffalo

What daily life feels like in each

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