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%

Clay Township$2,290/mo

Typical home $340K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

Helendale Township$1,560/mo

Typical home $267K (Census) · tax rate 0.73% · Housing →

The difference: $730 a month, about $8,800 a year, between Clay Township and Helendale 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

Clay TownshipHelendale Township

Snow a year—37″

January low—-1°F

July high—81°F

Growing season (days)—143d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)6th 58th

Outdoors & history

Clay TownshipHelendale Township

Trails51 mi 16 mi

Conserved land14.3%2.2%

Community

Clay TownshipHelendale 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

247 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Clay TownshipRenville County Helendale TownshipRichland County

Clay Township ↔ Helendale Township247 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

Clay TownshipHelendale Township

People

Population 75Lowest 76Highest

Median age 52.2±36.5Lowest 45% above ND 53.8±32Highest 50% above ND

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

Kids under 18 28%±24.8Highest ND: 23.5% 0%±37.2Lowest ND: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 9.3%±45.7Lowest ND: 16.5% 43.4%±45.2Highest ND: 16.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.4%Highest ND: 32.7% 11.8%Lowest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±18.9Lowest ND: 7.6% 6.6%±16.5Highest ND: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $85,357±$51kLowest 11% above ND $120,500±$77kHighest 57% above ND

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $340,000±$208kHighest 36% above ND $266,700±$24kLowest 7% above ND

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

Property taxmedian, yearly — $1,950 21% below ND

Below poverty line 0% ND: 10.8% 0% ND: 10.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 100% ND: 62.9% 100% ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 2006Highest 24 yrs newer than ND 1955Lowest 27 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Average commuteone way — 34 min 92% above ND

Work from home 0%±23.8Lowest ND: 8.1% 12.8%±15.4Highest ND: 8.1%

Helendale Township and Clay 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 34.3 miHighest 26.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.33Highest 0.08Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Minot (42%)Fargo (56%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Helendale TownshipFew work in Clay Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 14.3%Highest 2.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 50.5 miHighest 16.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.5 0.5

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.

Clay Township vs Helendale Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $730 more a month in Clay Township

What daily life feels like in each

247 miles apart

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