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%

Cornell Township$2,250/mo

Typical home $411K (Census) · tax rate 0.28% · Housing →

Addie Township$1,080/mo

Typical home $186K (Census) · tax rate 0.65% · Housing →

The difference: $1,180 a month, about $14,100 a year, between Cornell Township and Addie 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

Cornell TownshipAddie Township

Snow a year37″60″

January low-1°F -1°F

July high81°F 81°F

Growing season (days)143d 139d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)34th 76th

Outdoors & history

Cornell TownshipAddie Township

Trails19 mi 27 mi

Conserved land1.4%55.9%

Community

Cornell TownshipAddie 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

47 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Cornell TownshipCass County Addie TownshipGriggs County

Cornell Township ↔ Addie Township47 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

Cornell TownshipAddie Township

People

Population 61Lowest 67Highest

Median age 55.8±13.6Highest 55% above ND 55.5±35.4Lowest 55% above ND

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

Kids under 18 18%±44Lowest ND: 23.5% 34.3%±40.9Highest ND: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 41%±47.3Lowest ND: 16.5% 47.8%±38.4Highest ND: 16.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 62%Highest ND: 32.7% 61.4%Lowest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.9%±17.4Highest ND: 7.6% 0%±21.1Lowest ND: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $128,333±$103kHighest 67% above ND $49,583±$41kLowest 35% below ND

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $411,100±$385kHighest 65% above ND $185,900±$27kLowest 26% below ND

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,167Lowest 53% below ND $1,208Highest 51% below ND

Below poverty line 9.8%Lowest ND: 10.8% 23.9%Highest ND: 10.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.7%Highest ND: 62.9% 85.2%Lowest ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Highest 3 yrs older than ND 1958Lowest 24 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 28% above ND 11 minLowest 41% below ND

Work from home 3.1%±9.1Highest ND: 8.1% 0%±45.5Lowest ND: 8.1%

Cornell Township and Addie 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 31.8 miLowest 42.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.08Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Fargo (25%)Cooperstown (33%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Addie TownshipFew work in Cornell Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.4%Lowest 55.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 18.8 miLowest 27.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.6Highest 0.5Lowest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Cornell Township vs Addie Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,180 more a month in Cornell Township

What daily life feels like in each

47 miles apart

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